Alluviobolus laticlavius Wesener &amp; Enghoff &amp; Sierwald 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Wesener, Thomas
name: Enghoff, Henrik
name: Sierwald, Petra
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Spirobolida
Pachybolidae
Alluviobolus

description: <i>Alluviobolus laticlavius</i> Wesener, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 90EB964E-EF9A-48BA-A6C3-D42741B7258E <b>Material examined:</b> <i>Holotype:</i> 1 &amp;male; (39 mm long), FMMC 4065, Madagascar, Province Toliara, Petriky, 10 m, littoral subhumid forest, 25°3.73’ S, 46°52.16’ E, leg. B. L. Fisher, 22.IX.1998, sifted litter. <i>Paratype:</i> 1 &amp;female;, FMMC, Province Toliara, Petriky, 10 m littoral forest on sand, in leaf litter, 25°03’ S, 46°53’ E, leg. T. Wesener, 17.IV.2003. <b>Differential diagnosis:</b> the colour pattern of <i>A. laticlavius</i> is unique for <i>Alluviobolus</i> and also for millipedes living in Petriky, allowing a secure identification of this species. <i>A. laticlavius</i> differs from <i>A. antanosy</i> sp. n. in the shape of posterior gonopods and male coxal processes, although the latter species can be found just five kilometers south of Petriky. The posterior gonopods of <i>Alluviobolus laticlavius</i> are quite similar to those of <i>A. tsimelahy</i> sp. n. <i>A. laticlavius</i>, however, differs from the latter in the shape of the male coxal processes as well as in the colour pattern. <b>Description.</b> holotype with 47 body rings, 39 mm long, 3.9 mm wide. <i>Coloration</i> on mesozonites faded to grey, metazonites black (Fig. 44C). Rings dorsally with a wide red stripe. Legs, antennae, anal valves, subanal scale and posterior part of preanal process faded to light brown (Figs 44 A–C). <i>Eyes</i> with circa 25 ocelli arranged in five rows (Fig. 44A). <i>Antennae</i> protruding back to ring 5 (Fig. 44A). <i>Male coxal processes</i> only present on coxae 3 and 4 (Fig. 57B). Processes slen- der, bended posteriorly and protruding above coxa of adjacent leg. <i>Preanal process</i> absent (Fig. 44C). <i>Anterior gonopod</i> sternite elevated into a wide lobe, apically slightly tapering. Tip well-rounded (Fig. 44E). Coxite and telopodite inconspicuous (Figs 44E, G). <i>Posterior gonopods</i>: telopodite without a membranous fringe (Fig. 44H). Apical sclerite (<i>x</i> in Fig. 44H) slender, triangular, regularly protruding into a slender, acute tip (Fig. 44F). <b>Distribution and ecology</b> : this species is only known and possibly microendemic to the worldwide unique (Vincelette et al. 2003) subhumid littoral forest of Petriky (Fig. 43). Like other species of the genus, does <i>A. laticlavius</i> lives on and in the leaf litter. <b>Etymology:</b> <i>laticlavius</i>, adjective, refers to the characteristic wide red stripe of this species.
description: Published as part of <i>Wesener, Thomas, Enghoff, Henrik &amp; Sierwald, Petra, 2009, Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of ' fire millipedes' (Diplopoda), pp. 1-128 in ZooKeys 19 (19)</i> on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.19.221, http://zenodo.org/record/576503
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