Antheromorpha festiva ( Brölemann, 1896 )

Nguyen, Anh D., Nguyen, Son G. & Le, Son X., 2018, On the millipede genus Antheromorpha Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) from Vietnam, with a description of a new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 96-109 : 98-99

Antheromorpha festiva ( Brölemann, 1896)

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Orthomorpha festiva Brölemann, 1896: 1 ; Attems, 1937: 60.

Antheromorpha festiva – Jeekel, 1968: 57; 1980: 85; Golovatch, 1983: 181; Enghoff et al., 2004: 37; Enghoff, 2005: 95; Nguyen & Sierwald, 2013: 1234; Likhitrakarn et al., 2016: 45 , figs 16–18, 21.

Material examined. 4 males, 1 female (IEBR-Myr 25) Kien Giang Prov., U Minh Thuong National Park (9°31– 9°39′N; 105°03′– 105°07′E); forests, Nov. 2007, coll. Hoang Ngoc Khac ; 2 males, 3 females (IEBR-Myr 519) Dak Lak Prov., Yok Don National Park (12°45′– 13°10′N; 107°29′30″– 107°48′30″E); deciduous forests, on the way to the station No. 6, 9 June 2013, coll. Phung T.H.L.; 1 male, 4 females (IEBR-Myr 522) Dak Lak Prov., Yok Don National Park (12°45′– 13°10′N; 107°29′30″– 107°48′30″E); deciduous forests, on the way to the station No. 9, 8 June 2013, coll. Phung T.H.L. ; 1 male (IEBR-Myr 661) Tay Ninh Prov., Tan Bien District , Lo Go Xa Mat National Park (11°02′– 11°47′N; 105°57′– 106°04′E); March 2014, forest, coll. Dang Van An.

Diagnosis. This species is differentiated by its red or redbrown colour, two paramedian red longitudinal stripes on the metaterga; sternum 5 th with two independent, sparsely setose, highly elevated tubercles between coxae 4; gonopod tip deeply bifid including a long, slender and pointed process d. Remarks. Likhitrakarn et al. (2016) stated that the species seems to be widely distributed across the southern half of the Malay Peninsula (southern Thailand and western Malaysia). This species was found at elevations of less than 60 m ( Likhitrakarn et al., 2016). However, it seems likely that the species is distributed throughout Indochina, because it is recorded in several localities in southern Vietnam, even at elevations of 800– 900 m.

Figures

Fig. 2. Antheromorpha festiva (Brölemann, 1896) from Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park. Anterior body part, dorsal view (A); lateral view (B); ventral view (C); Midbody part, dorsal view (D); lateral view (E); posterior body part, dorsal view (F); ventral view (G); sternum 5th, ventral view (H); epiproct and hypoproct, ventral view (I). No scale.

Fig. 3. Antheromorpha festiva (Brölemann, 1896) from Lo Go - Xa Mat National Park. Right gonopod, mesal view (A); ventral view (B). Scale bar = 1 mm

Fig. 10. Distribution map of the genus Antheromorpha in Vietnam. 1, Pu Mat NP; 2, Ba Na NP; 3, Hon Ba Mts.; 4, Yok Don NP; 5, Lo Go - Xa Mat NP; 6, U Minh Thuong NP.