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

  • 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Kantharawichai District, Maha Sarakham 44150, Thailand.
  • 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
  • 3. Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
  • 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. & Thierry.

Description

Thyropygus sutchariti sp. nov.

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Fig. 8 A–D

Diagnosis

A species of the opinatus subgroup. Mesal process of anterior coxal fold (amp) directed slightly obliquely disto-mesad, tip overlapping tip of opposite amp. Similar in this respect to T. chelatus. Differs from this species by having amp as long as alp and by having the lateral process of the posterior coxal fold (plp) as a massive, broad lobe.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Chirasak Sutcharit in recognition of his devotion to collecting millipedes.

Material examined

Holotype THAILAND: ♂, Phetchaburi Province, Kaeng Krachan District, Kaeng Krachan, 12°54'07" N, 99°35'56" E, 14 May 2012, leg. C. Sutcharit and members of the Animal Systematics Research Unit (CUMZ-D00090).

Paratypes THAILAND: 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 1 subadult ♀, same data as holotype (CUMZ-D00098); 1 ♂, same data as holotype (ZMUC).

Description

Adult males with 63–65 podous rings, no apodous rings. Length 10–11 cm, width 5.4–5.7 mm. Adult females with 61–63 podous rings, no apodous rings. Length 12–13 cm, width 6.7–6.9 mm. Colour in life unknown; preserved specimens with head, antennae, prozona, legs, epiproct, paraprocts and hypoproct brown; metazona reddish brown.

GONOPODS (Fig. 8 A–D). Anterior coxal fold (ac; Fig. 8A): lateral process (alp) slender, regularly curved; mesal process (amp) as long as alp, directed slightly obliquely disto-mesad, tip overlapping tip of opposite amp. Posterior coxal fold (pc; Fig. 8B) basally with moderately high lateral paracoxites (px), distally with two processes: mesal process (pmp) a rounded lobe; lateral process (plp) a massive, broad lobe, projecting laterad. Telopodite (Fig. 8 C–D) leaving coxite between pmp and plp; femoral spine (fe) long, curved downward; telopodite distally to fe with large, round lobe (lo) projecting distolaterally; tibial spine (ti) very long, curving in horizontal plane, tip close to basal part of lo; spatulate lobe (sl) broad, rounded; palette (pa) simple, gutter-like, distally with about ten brownish blepharochaetae (bp).

DNA barcode

The GenBank accession number of the barcode of the holotype is KU306524 (voucher code CUMZ-D00090).

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 25-27, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.199, http://zenodo.org/record/3840484

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Identifiers

URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0385FA5C9615FFA7FDE08E8ADE26C31C
LSID
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6804DF2C-7787-46FE-9185-2E5C40AF5ED3

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMUC
Material sample ID
CUMZ-D00090 , CUMZ-D00098
Event date
2012-05-14
Verbatim event date
2012-05-14
Scientific name authorship
Pimvichai & Enghoff & Panha & Backeljau
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Spirostreptida
Family
Harpagophoridae
Genus
Thyropygus
Species
sutchariti
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Thyropygus sutchariti Pimvichai, Enghoff, Panha & Backeljau, 2016