Mauriesia, Chang, Hsueh-Wen, 2010

Chang, Hsueh-Wen, 2010, Pill-millipedes (Glomerida, Diplopoda) in Taiwan, Zootaxa 2477, pp. 1-20 : 2

Mauriesia gen. nov.

Diagnosis: Differs from the other genera of Glomeridae in the following combination of characters. Mediumsized Glomeridae with all four palps of gnathochilarium subequal in length. Organ of Tőmősváry suboval, short. Antennae with four normal apical cones. Collum with two transverse striae. Thoracic shield with a small hyposchism field and numerous transverse striae, of which several crossing the dorsum. Colour pattern vivid. Tegument smooth and shining, devoid of pilosity. Male pygidium with a median lobule at caudal margin.

Male leg 17 with a high outer coxal lobe and a 4-segmented, somewhat reduced telopodite. Male leg 18 with an ogival, or arcuated, syncoxite notch and a 4-segmented, less strongly reduced telopodite. Male leg 19 (telopod) unusually stout, prefemur especially short ( Figs 10 and 11 ); syncoxite horns high, central lobe present; prefemur medially with a membranous sac and a strong seta near its base on caudal face; femur with a peculiar, long, basal, mediad directed apophysis (a) and a very conspicuous, strongly sclerotized, distal finger (f) on caudal face, as well as with a setose bulge (s) medially; tibia with a smaller but evident, likewise strongly sclerotized, distal finger (p) caudolaterally; tarsus with a strong seta apically.

Type species: Mauriesia splendida sp. nov.

Name: Honours Jean-Paul Mauriès, the globally renowned specialist in Diplopoda and the author of the modern classification of the Glomerida .

Figures

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.