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Thyropygus planispina Pimvichai & Enghoff & Panha & Backeljau 2016, sp. nov.

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Kantharawichai District, Maha Sarakham 44150, Thailand. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 4 D 882 A 89 - E 0 C 1 - 4 F 78 - 93 E 7 - FA 1 B 5 A 2650 F 2 & Corresponding author: piyatida _ pimvichai @ yahoo. com
  • 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. & Email: henghoff @ snm. ku. dk & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: FB 09 A 817 - 000 D- 43 C 3 - BCC 4 - 2 BC 1 E 5373635
  • 3. Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand. & Email: somsakp @ sc. chula. ac. th & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: AC 935098 - D 901 - 4 F 35 - A 414 - 4 B 0 D 4 FE 44 E 79
  • 4. University of Antwerp, Evolutionary Ecology Group, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B- 2020 Antwerp, Belgium and Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny, and JEMU, Vautierstraat 29, B- 1000 Brussels, Belgium. & Email: Thierry. Backeljau @ naturalsciences. be & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 6 F 42575 - 36 AE- 4 AD 7 - 98 C 6 - D 083 EF 052568

Description

Thyropygus planispina sp. nov.

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Fig. 7 A–E

Diagnosis

A species of the opinatus subgroup. Differs from all other species in the subgroup by having the lateral process of the anterior coxal fold (alp) regularly curved, terminating in a sharp spine pointing slightly distad, and by having the tibial spine (ti) short and flattened.

Etymology

The name is a Latin noun in apposition and refers to the flattened tibial spine (ti).

Material examined

Holotype

THAILAND: ³, Krabi Province, Muang District, Tham Sua temple, 8°07'30" N, 98°55'30" E, 15 Jan. 2012, leg. P. Pimvichai, C. Sutcharit and members of the Animal Systematics Research Unit (CUMZ-D00088).

Paratypes

THAILAND: 3 ♀♀, same data as holotype (CUMZ-D 00097).

Description

Adult male with 64 podous rings, no apodous rings. Length 13 cm, width 7.6 mm. Adult females with 60–63 podous rings, no apodous rings. Length 13–14 cm, width 7.8–8.6 mm. Colour in life unknown; preserved specimens with head, antennae, legs, metazona, epiproct, paraprocts and hypoproct brown; prozona yellowish brown.

GONOPODS (Fig. 7 A–E). Anterior coxal fold (ac; Fig. 7A): lateral process (alp) regularly curved, terminating in sharp spine pointing slightly distad, with lateral short, sharp crest at middle of alp (Fig. 7C, arrow); mesal process (amp) slightly shorter than alp, flattened, straight, directed distad. Posterior coxal fold (pc; Fig. 7B) basally with moderately high lateral paracoxites (px), distally truncate, forming shelf for accommodation of telopodite, mesal process (pmp) triangular, directed distad, lateral process (plp) erect, digitiform. Telopodite (Fig. 7 D–E) leaving coxite over shelf of posterior coxal fold; femoral spine double, fe 1 very long, curved downward, situated above fe 2, in situ resting at middle of alp, fe 2 long, very slender, curved downward; tibial spine (ti) flattened, short, curving mesad; apical part: spatulate lobe (sl) small, rounded; with slender, long spine (sls) at base of apical part; palette (pa) simple, gutter-like, distally with about nine brownish blepharochaetae (bp).

DNA barcode

The GenBank accession number of the barcode of the holotype is KU306521 (voucher code CUMZ-D00088).

Distribution (Fig. 12)

Known only from the type locality.

Notes

Published as part of Pimvichai, Piyatida, Enghoff, Henrik, Panha, Somsak & Backeljau, Thierry, 2016, A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part V: Nine new species of the extended opinatus subgroup, based on morphological and DNA sequence data (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae), pp. 1-37 in European Journal of Taxonomy 199 on pages 23-25, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.199, http://zenodo.org/record/3840484

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CUMZ-D
Event date
2012-01-15
Family
Harpagophoridae
Genus
Thyropygus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CUMZ-D00088
Order
Spirostreptida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pimvichai & Enghoff & Panha & Backeljau
Species
planispina
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2012-01-15
Taxonomic concept label
Thyropygus planispina Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016