Thyropygus forceps 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 forceps sp. nov.
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Figs 4 A–E, 11B
DiagnosisA species of the opinatus subgroup. Lateral process of anterior coxal fold (alp) long, slender, regularly curved, tip close to tip of opposite alp, the two together forming a circle. Similar in this respect to T. erectus and T. floweri. Differs from the former by having a telopodite lobe (lo). Particularly similar to T. floweri, differing from it by having the mesal process of posterior coxal fold (pmp) slender, directed distolaterad, laterally with a digitiform process (plp), and by not having pmp strongly developed along the anterior-posterior axis.
EtymologyThe name is a Latin noun in apposition, referring to the forceps-like gonopod coxae.
Material examinedHolotype
THAILAND: ³, Nakhonsrithammarat Province, Lanska District, Namwang Srithammasokrach, 8°20'25" N, 99°49'42" E, 16 May 2010, leg. S. Panha, P. Pimvichai and members of the Animal Systematics Research Unit (CUMZ-D00092).
Paratypes
THAILAND: 2³³, 2subadult ³³, same data as holotype (CUMZ-D 00073); 5³³, Nakhonsrithammarat Province, Ronpiboon District, Tham Pha Deang temple, 8°14'42" N, 99°52'03" E, 14 May 2012, leg. C. Sutcharit and members of the Animal Systematics Research Unit (CUMZ-D 00093); 2 ³³, same data as preceding (ZMUC).
DescriptionAdult males with 54–62 podous rings, no apodous rings. Length 9–12 cm, width 4.6–5.8 mm. Overall colour of living animal (Fig. 11B) brown. Legs, antennae, middorsal metazona, epiproct, paraprocts and hypoproct brownish orange; preserved specimens with head, antennae, prozona, legs, middorsal metazona, epiproct, paraprocts and hypoproct brown; metazona dark brown.
GONOPODS (Fig. 4 A–E). Anterior coxal fold (ac; Fig. 4A): distinctly crenulated along convex part of lateral margin (smooth in specimens from Tham Pha Deang temple), lateral process (alp) long, slender, regularly curved, tip close to tip of opposite alp, the two together forming a circle; mesal process (amp) slightly shorter than alp, directed obliquely disto-mesad (in specimens from Tham Pha Deang temple lateral process (alp) long, slender, crossing over with opposite tip, the two together forming a circle; Fig. 4B); mesal process (amp) slightly shorter than alp, directed distad, slightly sigmoid. Posterior coxal fold (pc; Fig. 4C) basally with moderately high lateral paracoxites (px), distally with two processes: mesal process (pmp) slender, directed distolaterad; lateral process (plp) digitiform. Telopodite (Fig. 4 D–E) leaving coxite over shelf of posterior coxal fold; femoral spine (fe) massive, curving in horizontal plane and curving against ti; telopodite distally to fe with large, round lobe (lo) projecting distolaterally; tibial spine (ti) very long, slender, curving in horizontal plane, its tip resting against base of fe; apical part: spatulate lobe (sl) with sharp dark brown spine at tip; palette (pa) simple, distally with about nine brownish blepharochaetae (bp).
DNA barcodeThe GenBank accession number of the barcode of one of the paratypes is KC519531 (voucher code CUMZ-D00073).
Distribution (Fig. 12)
Known only from Namwang Srithammasokrach and Tham Pha Deang temple in Nakhonsrithammarat Province.
RemarksCoexisting with the larger T. cimi sp. nov. at Namwang Srithammasokrach.
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Additional details
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CUMZ-D
- Event date
- 2010-05-16
- Family
- Harpagophoridae
- Genus
- Thyropygus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- CUMZ-D00092
- Order
- Spirostreptida
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Pimvichai & Enghoff & Panha & Backeljau
- Species
- forceps
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2010-05-16
- Taxonomic concept label
- Thyropygus forceps Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016