Nepalella Shear 1979
Creators: name: Mikhaljova, Elena V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Chordeumatida
Lankasomatidae
Nepalella

description: Key to the species of Nepalella, modified after Likhitrakarn et al. (2022)
1 Adults with 28 body rings including telson........................................................ N. phulcokia
- Adults with 30 body rings including telson................................................................. 2
2 Body large,> 36 mm long.............................................................................. 3
- Body smaller, <35 mm long............................................................................ 6
3 Posterior gonopod telopoditomere 2 vestigial............................................................... 4
- Posterior gonopod telopoditomere 2 not vestigial............................................................ 5
4 Male coxa 10 with process........................................................................ N. wangi
- Male coxa 10 without process.................................................................. N. jinfoshan
5 Posterior gonopod base caudally with a large elongate bulge on stalk beset with minute plumose setae........ N. grandoides
- Posterior gonopod base caudally with a small, roundish bulge beset with minute plumose setae and with long flagella beset with simply pilosity............................................................................... N. grandis
6 Body length 20–33 mm ................................................................................ 7
- Body length <20 mm ................................................................................. 16
7 Paraterga large, very well developed on midbody rings....................................................... 8
- Paraterga small, moderately developed or poorly developed on midbody rings.................................... 12
8 Anterior gonopod sternum with two median lobes.......................................... N. fruticulosa sp. nov.
- Anterior gonopod sternum with one median lobe............................................................ 9
9 Anterior gonopod sternum median lobe spiniform...................................................... N. helii
- Anterior gonopod sternum median lobe not spiniform....................................................... 10
10 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite with a large, strong lateral process........................................ N. lobata
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite without a large, strong lateral process........................................... 11
11 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite posterior surface along entire length with a narrow, longitudinal, bush-like structure (Figs 42, 45), China .......................................................................... N. labolensis sp. nov.
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite posterior surface along entire length without a narrow, longitudinal, bush-like structure but with a short feathery branch basally, Myanmar ........................................................... N. pallida
12 Eye patch with 25 ommatidia, coloration dark brown, paraterga moderately developed, China, Yunnan ........... N. magna
- Eye patch with 15–17 ommatidia, coloration pale brown, paraterga poorly developed, China, Sichuan ....... N. marmorata
13 Posterior gonopod colpocoxites form a heart-shaped figure................................... N. brevichaeta sp. nov.
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxites not form a heart-shaped figure................................................ 14
14 Anterior gonopod sternum without a median lobe................................................. N. troglodytes
- Anterior gonopod sternum with a median lobe............................................................. 15
15 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite without a bush-like structure......................................... N. siamensis
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite with a bush-like structure.............................................. N. taiensis
16 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite distal part as a longitudinal boat-shaped structure (Fig. 52), China ... N. shimianensis sp. nov.
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite distal part different.......................................................... 17
17 Male prefemur 11 without a digitiform process, Myanmar ............................................ N. birmanica
- Male prefemur 11 with a digitiform process, Thailand .............................................. N. inthanonae
18 Male coxa 10 with a process........................................................................... 19
- Male coxa 10 without a process......................................................................... 25
19 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite with a mesal, broad, two-tipped outgrowth.............................. N. taplejunga
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite without a mesal broad two-tipped outgrowth but with a lateral pointed dentiformed process.............................................................................................. N. jaljalae
20 Process of male coxa 10 with a rounded, micropapillate bulge......................................... N. gairiensis
- Process of male coxa 10 without a rounded, micropapillate bulge.............................................. 21
21 Process of male coxa 10 bottle-shaped, not bifid (Fig. 60), China .............................. N. zhumanica sp. nov.
- Process of male coxa 10 bifid, not bottle-shaped, Nepal ............................................ N. ringmoensis
22 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite divided distally into two branches of different length, longer one with outgrowth.................................................................................................... N. tragsindola
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite divided distally into three branches............................................. 23
23 Posterior gonopod basal part with a fimbriate branch and distinct bulge covered with cuticular fimbriae........ N. thodunga
- Posterior gonopod basal part with a fimbriate branch but without distinct bulge................................... 24
24 Anterior gonopod sternum with two median lobes................................................. N. deharvengi
- Anterior gonopod sternum without median lobes................................................... N. khumbua
25 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite broad basally, with an arcuate lateral excavations; telopodites much reduced...... N. pianma
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite not broad basally, without an arcuate lateral excavations; telopodites not reduced......... 26
26 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite unbranched................................................................ 27
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite branched.................................................................. 28
27 Posterior gonopod telopoditomere 1 greatly swollen distally, excavate mesally, Nepal ........................ N. gunsa
- Posterior gonopod telopoditomere 1 not greatly swollen distally, erect, China ................................ N. caeca
28 Male prefemur 11 without a process........................................................... N. kavanaughi
- Male prefemur 11 with a process....................................................................... 29
29 Posterior gonopod colpocoxite with a large triangular and shield-like outgrowth laterally, Vietnam .......... N. vietnamica
- Posterior gonopod colpocoxite with a lateral branch carrying a broad frontal plane parallel to body axis, China ...................................................................................................... N. griswoldi
description: Published as part of Mikhaljova, Elena V., 2022, Contributions to the millipede fauna of China: five new species of the genus Nepalella Shear, 1979 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae), pp. 388-406 in Zootaxa 5196 (3) on pages 404-405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5196.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7235117