A mountain of millipedes IX: Species of the family Gomphodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) Author Olsen, Sissel Anna 4E58B96D-3B55-46AF-90A8-90C8EAF6570C Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 København Ø, Denmark mfx548@alumni.ku.dk Author Rosenmejer, Trine F9E1E73B-E6D8-46D7-B470-05E91142C98F Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 København Ø, Denmark khf843@alumni.ku.dk Author Enghoff, Henrik FB09A817-000D-43C3-BCC4-2BC1E5373635 Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 København Ø, Denmark henghoff@snm.ku.dk text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-06-29 675 1 35 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.675 39cc6284-8ad7-47f0-bf5d-2122174905ed 2118-9773 3928326 88FFA67B-C2DE-43C6-ACB1-44EDCF119EBA Pogoro siren Rosenmejer & Enghoff sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 90399199-DF61-47B0-8D5E-B01AAAF16DE2 Figs 2 , 5E , 10–11 Diagnosis Differs from other species of the genus by the shape of the postnodal telopodite and by the non-enlarged tubercles on the hypoproct. Etymology The name is a Latin noun in apposition, meaning mermaid, and refers to the mermaid tail-like shape of the postnodal telopodite when seen from the mesal side. Fig. 10. Pogoro siren Rosenmejer & Enghoff sp. nov. , holotype, ♂ (NHMD 621674). Scale bar: 5 mm. Fig. 11. Pogoro siren Rosenmejer & Enghoff sp. nov. , holotype, ♂ (NHMD 621674), right gonopod. A–B . Mesal view. C–D . Lateral view. E–F . Dorsal view. Abbreviations: L = Process L; M = Process M; sl = subapical lobe; ul = uncate lobe. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Material examined Holotype TANZANIA ; Morogoro Region , Udzungwa Scarp Catchment Forest Reserve , Chita , plot 18; 08°29′19.5″ S , 35°54′27.3″ E , 1531 m a.s.l. ; 2 Nov. 2014 ; J. Malumbres-Olarte leg.; pitfall traps ; NHMD 621674 . Description Male SIZE AND SHAPE. Body length ca 55 mm . Maximum width 7.8 mm . W/L ratio 13%. Height of body ring eight 6.5 mm . H/W ratio = 83%. COLOUR ( Fig. 10 ). Collum and dorsal surface of metaterga dark brown. Face, legs and antennae medium brown. Prozona and ventral surface lighter brown. STERNAL PROCESS ON BODY RING 6 ( Fig. 5E ). Transverse across sternum with dark brown edge and long setae. HYPOPROCT. Almost semicircular, without median projection, paramedian tubercles not projecting beyond edge of sclerite. GONOPOD ( Fig. 11 ). Gonocoxa with paracannular setae. Telopodite mesonodal. Process M twice as wide at base and slightly longer than process L; both curved laterad. Postnodal teleopodite relatively short, curved dorsomesad, with curved narrow subapical lobe with rounded apex on lateral side. Uncate subapical lobe on mesal side. Solenomere of telopodite curved inwards against apex of uncate subapical lobe. Distribution Known only from the type locality in the Udzungwa Scarp FR ( Fig. 2 ).