Atlantodesmus teresa Hoffman 2000, new combination
Creators: name: Bouzan, Rodrigo Salvador
name: Pena-Barbosa, João Paulo P.
name: Brescovit, Antonio Domingos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Chelodesmidae
Atlantodesmus
Atlantodesmus teresa

description: Atlantodesmus teresa (Hoffman, 2000), new combination
Figures 5 D̄F, 16–19
Iemanja teresa Hoffman, 2000: 101, figs 2, 8–11, 13–15. (Male holotype from Santa Teresa (40°59’83’’W, 19°93’68’’S), Espírito Santo, Brazil, deposited in MZSP 565, examined).
Additional material examined. BRAZIL. MINAS GERAIS: Caratinga, (42°14’30’’W, 19°78’96’’S), 1♂, 09–13/ IV/2009, Sampaio, Oliveira & Queiros col. (MNRJ 11951). ESPÍRITO SANTO: São Mateus Reserva Florestal do Vale do Rio Doce, (39°85’67’’W, 18°71’91’’S), 2♂ 1♀, 05–12/I/1998, A.D. Brescovit col. (IBSP 565, IBSP 566, IBSP 569). Linhares, Reserva Natural Vale do Rio Doce, (40°06’37’’W, 19°13’74’’S), 1♂, 27–30/IV/2010, J.P.P. Pena-Barbosa col. (IBSP 3744); 4♂ 2♀, 09–15/I/2012, J.P.P. Pena-Barbosa et al. col. (IBSP 4105, IBSP 4106– 4107, IBSP 4111). Sooretama (40°14’64’’W, 19°05’58’’S), 1♂, 07–09/VII/2014, J.E. Santos-Júnior et al. col. (UFPI 0014); 1♂, III/2006, M.B. da Silva & G.E. Kaneto col. (IBSP 4368).
Diagnosis. Males of Atlantodesmus teresa differ from other species of the genus by the acropodite process covering the solenomere in almost its entire length, in mesal (Fig. 16 A) and ectal (Fig. 16 B) views.
Redescription. Male (UFPI 014). Coloration (in alcohol): Head dark brown. Body dark brown. Paranota same color as body. Telson brown. Total length: 74. Collum 3.32 long, 12.56 wide. Antennomere lengths (1>7): 0.73; 2.72; 3.06; 2.75; 2.35; 1.99; 0.25. Gonopod aperture 3.73 long, 2.22 wide. Telson 1.62. Coxae with a row of bristles in the distal dorsal side. Coxal apophysis small. Prefemoral region ventrally positioned and gradually narrowing to tip. Prefemoral process forms a long narrow blade with an acuminate apex (Fig. 17 D). The dorsal side of the prefemoral region with several folds. Conspicuous cingulum present (Fig. 17 C). Solenomere long, with pointed tip. Acropodite process covering the solenomere in most of its length, the laminate apex overreaching the solenomere (Fig. 17 D).
Female (IBSP 4106). Coloration (in alcohol): Head reddish. Body brown. Paranota tip with the same color as the body. Legs reddish. Telson brown. Total length 70.43. Collum 3.17 long, 10.88 wide. Telson 1.88. Antennomere lengths (1>7): 0.52; 2.44; 2.45; 2.26; 2.13; 1.78; 0.19. Cyphopods (Figs 18 C–D) densely setose. The apical part of cyphopod is projected and pointed, the intermediate membrane is contained between the valves (Fig. 18 C).
Distribution. States of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Brazil, in areas containing the Brazilian biome Atlantic forest (Por et al. 2005).
description: Published as part of Bouzan, Rodrigo Salvador, Pena-Barbosa, João Paulo P. & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2017, Taxonomic review of the genus Atlantodesmus Hoffman, 2000 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), pp. 269-290 in Zootaxa 4236 (2) on pages 286-288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/321750