Paraspirobolus lucifugus (Gervais, 1837)

Iniesta, Luiz Felipe Moretti, Bouzan, Rodrigo Salvador, Rodrigues, Patrícia Elesbão da Silva, Almeida, Thais Melo de, Ott, Ricardo & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2021, A preliminary survey and range extension of millipedes species introduced in Brazil (Myriapoda, Diplopoda), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-18 : 14

Paraspirobolus lucifugus (Gervais, 1837) ( Figs. 2C , 7 C-D)

Descriptive notes: See Attems (1900: figs. 13-16) and Brölemann (1902: 184, figs. 223-227).

Identification: According to the descriptions made by Attems (1900) and Brölemann (1902), males of P. lucifugus can be recognized by the anterior and posterior gonopods. Coxae of the anterior gonopods separated by wide sternum slightly indented in midline ( Attems, 1900: figs.13-14; Brölemann,1902:fig. 226; Fig.7C ).Telopodites of the posterior gonopods apically fusiform and with a broad lobe ( Attems,1900: fig. 16; Fig. 7D ). An overview of its taxonomic status was made by Jeekel (2001).

Distribution: Paraspirobolus lucifugus is widespread in the tropics and in greenhouses from Europe ( Jeekel, 2001; Enghoff et al., 2004; Korsós,2004). In Brazil,the species has been recorded only in the coastal region from the Atlantic Forest and in urban areas. All records of the species were obtained from the literature.

Historical records: Espírito Santo: São Mateus [- 18.718937°S; - 39.861257°W] ( Schubart, 1947); Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, Tijuca [- 22.935505°S; - 43.243112°W] ( Schubart, 1947); Jacarepaguá [- 22.953677°S; - 43.408759°W] ( Schubart, 1947). São Paulo: Aparecida do Norte [- 22.867750°S; - 45.228194°W] ( Schubart, 1947); Ilhabela [- 23.817663°S; - 45.369504°W], xi.1896, 2♂ 5♀ ( Brölemann, 1902); Santos [- 23.974598°S; - 46.307597°W], ix.1896, ♀ ( Brölemann, 1902).

Figures

Figure 2. Distribution maps of Trigoniulus corallinus, Leptogoniulus sorornus (Spirobolida, Pachybolidae), Cylindroiulus truncorum (Julida, Julidae), Paraspirobolus lucifugus (Spirobolida,Spirobolellidae),and Rhinotus purpureus (Polyzoniida,Siphonotidae).

Figure 7. (A) Epitrigoniulus cruentatus, anterior gonopods in posterior view (after Brölemann, 1903); (B) Epitrigoniulus cruentatus, posterior gonopods in anterior view(afterBrölemann,1903).Distalregion indetail;(C)Paraspiroboluslucifugus,anteriorgonopods inanteriorview;(D)Paraspiroboluslucifugus,posterior gonopod in anterior view (after Attems, 1900); (E) Cylindroiulus britannicus, gonopod in anterior view. Detail of telson in lateral view (after Blower, 1985); (F) Cylindroiulus truncorum, gonopod in anterior view (after Blower,1985).Images not to scale.