Glomerida

Chang, Hsueh-Wen, 2010, Pill-millipedes (Glomerida, Diplopoda) in Taiwan, Zootaxa 2477, pp. 1-20 : 18

Key to the known species of Taiwanese Glomerida

1. Male pygidium with a medial lobule at caudal edge ( Fig. 3 ). Telopods extremely short and stout, without long setae on fingers ( Figs 10 and 11 ) ............................................................................................. Mauriesia splendida sp. nov.

– Male pygidium either (nearly) regularly convex or at least faintly concave medially at caudal edge ( Fig. 50 ). Telopods much longer, both prefemur and femur with a long seta borne on a finger ( Figs 14 , 31 , 36, 39 and 43 ) .............. ................................................................................................................................................ genus Hyleoglomeris , 2.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Mauriesia splendida sp. nov., male holotype (1 – 3), and Hyleoglomeris aurata sp. nov., female paratype (4 – 6). Habitus in lateral, dorsal, ventral, lateral, dorsal and ventral views, respectively. Photographed not to scale.

FIGURES 7 – 11. Mauriesia splendida sp. nov., male paratype. 7, sketches of Tőmősváry’s organ (left) and caudomedian lobule on pygidium (right); 8, leg 17; 9, leg 18; 10 and 11, telopod (front and caudal views, respectively). Scale bar: 0.2 mm; figure 7 drawn not to scale. Special designations: k, distomedian knob on femur; p, tibial process; s, setose bulge on femur; f, distal finger on femur; a, caudomedian apophysis on femur.

FIGURES 44 – 50. Hyleoglomeris vittata Verhoeff, 1929, male syntype (44 and 45) and males from Taroko National Park (46 – 50). Habitus in ventrolateral, dorsolateral, lateral, dorsal, ventral, lateral and ventral views, respectively. Photographed not to scale.

FIGURES 12 – 14. Hyleoglomeris aurata sp. nov., male holotype. 12, leg 17; 13, leg 18; 14, telopod (caudal view). Scale bar: 0.2 mm. Special designation: front f. p., front femoral process (hidden behind caudal femoral process).

FIGURES 28 – 33. Hyleoglomeris sinuata sp. nov., male paratype from Shangping Workstation. 28, leg 17; 29, leg 18; 30 and 31, telopod (caudal and front views, respectively). 32, telopod syncoxite (caudal view). 33, tip of telopod syncoxital horn. Scale bar: 0.1 mm; figure 33 drawn not to scale.

FIGURES 34 – 40. Hyleoglomeris proximata sp. nov., male paratype, and Hyleoglomeris vittata Verhoeff, 1929, male from Taroko National Park. 34 and 37, leg 17; 35 and 38, leg 18; 36, 39 and 40, telopod (caudal, caudal and front views, respectively). Scale bar: 0.2 (34 – 36) and 0.5 mm (37 – 40).

FIGURES 41 – 43. Hyleoglomeris vittata Verhoeff, 1929, male from Taroko National Park. 41, leg 17; 42, leg 18; 43, telopod (front view). Scale bar: 0.5 mm.