Philacroterium maritimum ( Lawrence, 1963 ) Calvanese & Brescovit & Bonato, 2019

Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D. & Bonato, Lucio, 2019, Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily, Zootaxa 4698 (1), pp. 1-72 : 48

Philacroterium maritimum ( Lawrence, 1963) new combination

( Figs 7B , 11A , 38D , 39C , 42I , 44H )

Aphilodon maritimus Lawrence 1963: 316 , fig. 8e–g.

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu-Natal: Umhlali, 07∕1957, R. F. Lawrence col., 3♀ ( KZN 6822 ) [syntypes] .

Figures

FIGURE 7. A–D, Aphilodontinae second maxillae, ventral: A, Aphilodon micronyx Brölemann, 1902 (IBSP); B, Philacroterium maritimum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb. (KZN); C, Aphilodon caboclos n. sp. (IBSP); D, Mairata butantan n. sp. (IBSP). Abbreviations: MP: medial part of coxosternite of second maxillae; TSM: telopodite of second maxillae. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A–D).

FIGURE 11. A–F, Aphilodontinae terminal part of body. Philacroterium maritimum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb. (KZN 6822): A, female terminal part of body, ventral. Mairata butantan n. sp. (IBSP 3663): B, female terminal part of body, ventral; D, male terminal part of body, ventral. Aphilodon micronyx Brölemann, 1902 (IBSP 6176): C, male terminal part of body, ventral. Aphilodon silvestrii n. sp. (IBSP 3665): E, female post-pedal segments (anterior part of the gonopodal lamina hidden); F, male post-pedal segments, ventral. Color legend: gold, intermediate sternite; orange, first genital pleurite; light green, first genital pleurosternite; dark green, first genital sternite; red, gonopods; light blue, second genital sternite; dark blue, anal valves; purple, tergite. Scale bars: 0.5 (A–D), 0.1 (E–F) mm.

FIGURE 38. A–H, labrum. Pachymerium ferrugineum (Koch, 1835) (PD): A, mid-part and lateral pieces, ventral; E, bristles of lateral pieces of labrum, ventral. Aphilodon micronyx Brölemann, 1902 (IBSP): B, labrum, ventral. Geoperingueyia dentata Verhoeff, 1938 (MNRJ): C, labrum, ventral; F, right lateral piece of labrum, ventral. Philacroterium maritimum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb. (KZN): D, labrum, ventral. Aphilodon pereirai n. sp. (IBSP): G, right lateral piece of labrum, ventral; H, central part of labrum. Abbreviations: LP: lateral piecie of labrum. Scale bars: 0.06 (A, F–H), 0.1 (B–D), 0.002 (E) mm.

FIGURE 39. A–E, telopodite of second maxillae, ventral: A, Pachymerium ferrugineum (Koch, 1835) (PD); B, Geoperingueyia dentata Verhoeff, 1938 (MNRJ); C, Philacroterium maritimum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb. (KZN); D, Mairata butantan n. sp. (IBSP); E, Aphilodon indespectus n. sp. (IBSP). Abbreviations: PT: pretarsus; T1: article 1 of telopodite of second maxillae; T2 article 2 of telopodite of second maxillae; T3: article 3 of telopodite of second maxillae. Scale bars: 0.08 (A), 0.05 (B–D) mm.

FIGURE 42. A–I, forcipule, ventral: A, Ribautia centralis (Silvestri, 1907) (INPA); B, Geoperingueyia dentata Verhoeff, 1938 (MNRJ); C, Mairata butantan n. sp. (IBSP); D, Aphilodon indespectus n. sp. (IBSP); E, Aphilodon silvestrii n. sp. (IBSP); F, Aphilodon micronyx Brölemann, 1902 (IBSP); G, Mecophilus tupiniquim n. sp. (IBSP); H, Philacroterium weberi (Silvestri, 1909) n. comb. (KZN); I, Philacroterium maritimum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb. (KZN). Abbreviations: FE: femur; TA: tarsungulum; TI: tibia; TFF: trochanteroprefemur+femur; TR: trocantheroprefemur. Scale bars: 0.2 (A–F, H–I), 0.1 (G) mm.

FIGURE 44. A–P, ultimate leg-bearing segment, ventral: A, Dicellophilus carniolensis (Koch, 1847) (PD), male; B, Pachymerium ferrugineum (Koch, 1835) (PD), female; C, Macronicophilus abbreviatus Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2000 (INPA), male; D, Henia vesuviana (Newport, 1844) (PD), male; E, Strigamia crassipes (Koch, 1835) (PD), male; F, Geoperingueyia dentata Verhoeff, 1938 (MNRJ), female; G, Geoperingueyia dentata Verhoeff, 1938 (MNRJ), male; H, Philacroterium maritimum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb (KZN), female; I, Philacroterium brevipes (Verhoeff, 1938) n. comb. (KZN), male; J, Philacroterium cribellatum Attems, 1926 (NHMW), male, (photo by N.Akkari); K, Mecophilus tupiniquim n. sp. (IBSP), female; L, Mecophilus tupiniquim n. sp. (IBSP), male; M, Mairata itatiaiensis n. sp. (IBSP), female; N, Mairata itatiaiensis n. sp. (IBSP), male; O, Aphilodon micronyx Brölemann, 1902 (IBSP), female; P, Aphilodon pereirai n. sp. (IBSP), male. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A–P).