Orthomorpha murphyi Hoffman, 1973

Likhitrakarn, Natdanai, Golovatch, Sergei I. & Panha, Somsak, 2011, Revision of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Orthomorpha Bollman, 1893, with the proposal of a new genus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), ZooKeys 131, pp. 1-161 : 68

Orthomorpha murphyi Hoffman, 1973 Figs 5761

Orthomorpha murphyi Hoffman 1973: 636 (D).

Orthomorpha murphyi - Hoffman 1977: 700 (M, D); Golovatch 1998: 42 (M, D).

Holotype.

♂(NHML), Singapore, Mile 8, Old Upper Thomson Road, 30.12.1962, leg. Kok Oi Yee.

Non-types.

1 ♂, 5 ♀ (CUMZ), Singapore, Central Region, Nature Reserve, Bukit Timah, 1°35'18"N, 104°18'0"E, 25.12.2009, leg. C. Sutcharit.

Descriptive notes.

Length 34-35 (♂) or 3.3-3.6 mm (♀), width of midbody pro- and metazona 2.5-2.6 and 3.9-4.4 mm (♂), 3.4-3.6, and 4.8-4.9 mm (♀), respectively.

Coloration of live animals (Fig. 58A) uniformly blackish brown with only slightly lighter paraterga, venter and legs; coloration of alcohol material upon long-term preservation faded to a light brown (holotype) with contrasting pallid paraterga, venter, legs and antennae (Fig. 57); coloration of rather freshly alcohol-preserved material blackish brown with likewise strongly faded paraterga, venter and legs (Fig. 58B-H).

Remarks.

The original description of this species was so complete and detailed ( Hoffman 1973) that no redescription seems to be necessary. Instead, we only provide new illustrations (Figs 59-61) showing the coloration, structural details, and gonopod conformation of Orthomorpha murphyi , based both on the holotype and new samples.