Lissodesmus tarrabulga, Mesibov, 2005

Mesibov, Robert, 2005, The millipede genus Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania and Victoria, with descriptions of a new genus and 24 new species, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62 (2), pp. 103-146 : 123

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2005.62.4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8064809
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BDAA31-F554-FFB0-87E4-F03B4C3D89F6
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lissodesmus tarrabulga
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Lissodesmus tarrabulga View in CoL sp. nov.

Figures 65, 66, 69tar, 70tar, 71tar, 78 (map)

Material examined. Holotype. Male, Australia, Victoria. North-east of Balook , 38°24'52''S 146°34'15''E, 620 m, 22.xii.2004, R. Mesibov, NMV K-9636. GoogleMaps

Paratypes. Male, Jeeralang West Road, 0.1 km N of Binns Hill Junction, 38°26'30''S 146°29'E, pitfall emptied 10.i.1996, G. Milledge, ex sample NOH-2303, NMV K-9631 ; GoogleMaps male, same details but pitfall emptied 5.iii.1996, ex sample NOH-2304, NMV K-9632 ; GoogleMaps 3 males, W of Balook , 38°26'25''S 146°31'00''E, 600 m, 29.ix.2004, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, NMV K-9633 to K-9635 , 2 dissected; GoogleMaps 2 males, details as for holotype, AM KS91185 ; male, details as for holotype, anterior segments only, NMV K-9637 GoogleMaps .

Description. Male c. 17 mm long, H = 1.4 mm. In alcohol, well-coloured specimens under low magnification pale brown in body colour with dispersed brown speckling on metatergites`. Antennae moderately long ( Fig. 69 View Figure 69 tar), about 1.75X a socket diameter apart. Paranota wide, R = 1.6, lateral edge parallel to body axis, 2-3 inconspicuous posterior marginal teeth ( Fig. 70 View Figure 70 tar), posterior corners not turned up. Legs robust, tarsus considerably longer than femur, tibia with prominent ventral distal swelling ( Fig. 71 View Figure 71 tar). Telopodite ( Figs 65 View Figure 65 , 66 View Figure 66 ) reaching leg 6 when retracted. Solenomere arising at half the telopodite height, directed distally, terminating at just over half the prefemoral process height, a rod-like, apically toothed, anteriorly directed projection arising at half the solenomere length on its anterior surface. Tibiotarsus rod-like, pointed, directed posterodistally at small angle to telopodite axis, narrower than solenomere and about half as long. Femoral process arising at level of solenomere origin, blade-like, tapering, bluntly pointed, directed distally, not pressed close to prefemoral process, terminating at almost three-quarters the prefemoral process height (just distal to solenomere tip). Prefemoral process at origin about half as wide as telopodite base, tapering strongly distally with simply pointed tip curving posteriorly. Uncus prominent, arising on mesal side of prefemoral process at just over half the process height (just proximal to solenomere tip).

Distribution and habitat. Known from wet eucalypt forest at three sites over a 10 km section of the Strzelecki Ranges near Balook, in Gippsland ( Fig. 78 View Figure 78 ).

Etymology. Named for Tarra-Bulga National Park, the apparent centre of the small known range of this species.