Atelomastix rubricephala Edward &amp; Harvey 2010, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Edward, Karen L.
name: Harvey, Mark S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Spirostreptida
Iulomorphidae
Atelomastix
Atelomastix rubricephala

description: <i>Atelomastix rubricephala</i>, sp. nov. Figs. 2, 5, 23–33, 71, 128, 129. <b>Type material:</b> AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: holotype male, S. of Mount Manypeaks, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, 34°54’29”S, 118°16’07”E, hand collected in gully, 14 March 2005, M.S. Harvey, J.M. Waldock, K.L. Edward (WAM T 71606). Paratypes: Waychinicup Nature Reserve: 2 males, collected with holotype (WAM T71607, T72608); 8 males, 13 females, collected with holotype (WAM T 69936); 1 male, Robinsons Gully, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 34°59’30”S, 118°11’52”E, hand collected under granite rocks, 28 May 2004, M.S. Harvey (WAM T 71759). <b>Other material examined:</b> AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 4 males, 9 females, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, gully, 34°54’14”S, 118°23’57”E, hand collected under leaf litter, 24 October 2006, M.L. Moir, A. Sampey (WAM T 78632 – T 78633); 1 male, gully, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, 34°54’14”S, 118°23’57”E, tullgren funnel, under leaf litter, 24 October 2006, M.L. Moir, A. Sampey (WAM T 81064); 3 males, 4 females, Mount Manypeaks, granite outcrop, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, 34°53’45”S, 118°18’07”E, hand collected under leaf litter, 26 October 2006, M.L. Moir, A. Sampey (WAM T 78767 – T 78768); 5 females, Mount Manypeaks, granite outcrop, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, 34°54’02”S, 118°15’58”E, hand collected under granite rock, 1 December 2006, M.L. Moir, K.E.C. Brennan, B. Atkinson (WAM T 78769 – T 78770); 7 males, 9 females, Mount Manypeaks, gully near summit, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, 34°53’49”S, 118°15’57”E, hand collected under logs, 1 December 2006, M.L. Moir, K.E.C. Brennan, B. Atkinson (WAM T 78773 – T 78774); 4 females, Mount Manypeaks, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, 34°53’57"S, 118°15’43"E, hand collected under logs and rocks, 1 December 2006, M.L. Moir, K.E.C. Brennan, B. Atkinson (WAM T 78775 – T 78776); 2 males, 3 females, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, 34°54’12”S, 118°23’59”E, hand collected under leaf litter, 24 October 2006, M.L. Moir, A. Sampey (WAM T 78626 – T 78627); 4 males, 2 females, Waychinicup Nature Reserve, 34°54’12”S, 118°23’59”E, tullgren funnel, under leaf litter, 24 October 2006, M.L. Moir, A. Sampey (WAM T 81065); 3 males, 3 females, S. of Mount Manypeaks, Surprise Gully, 34°54’11”S, 118°23’57”E, hand collected under leaf litter, 13 March 2007, M.L. Moir <i>et al.</i> (WAM T 78955); 1 male, Robinsons Gully, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 34°59’30”S, 118°11’52”E, hand collected under granite rocks, 28 May 2004, M.S. Harvey (WAM T 71760); 3 males, 5 females, Robinsons Gully, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 34°59’30”S, 118°11’52”E, hand collected under granite rocks, 28 May 2004, M.S. Harvey (WAM T 69939); 2 males, 4 females, Fishermans gully, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 35°00’37”S, 118°11’30”E, hand collected, 19 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 78605 – T 78606); 3 females, Fishermans gully, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 35°00’37”S, 118°11’30”E, Tullgren funnel, 19 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 81067); 6 males, 4 females, Fishermans gully, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 35°00’39”S, 118°11’25”E, hand collected under leaf litter, 19 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 78603 – T 78604); 1 male, 12 females, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, granite outcrop, 35°00’20”S, 118°11’10”E, hand collected under granite rocks, 19 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 78607 – T 78608); 3 males, 4 females, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, granite outcrop, 34°59’18”S, 118°11’44”E, hand collected under granite rocks, 14 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 78593 – T 78594); 5 males, 6 females, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, marri forest, 34°59’11”S, 118°11’28”E, hand collected in marri leaf litter, 14 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 78595 – T 78596); 6 males, 15 females, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, marri forest, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 34°59’11”S, 118°11’28”E, tullgren funnel, under leaf litter, 14 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 81066); 3 males, 4 females, Robinson’s gully, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 34°59’41”S, 118°11’58”E, hand collected in sedges, 14 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 78591 – T 78592); 1 male, 8 females, Wayslot gully, Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, 35°00’12”S, 118°11’02”E, hand collected under logs, 19 October 2006, M.L. Moir, J.M. Waldock (WAM T 78601 – T 78602). <b>Etymology:</b> This species is named for its distinctive red head (<i>rubra-</i>, Latin, red; <i>kephale</i>, Greek, head). <b>Diagnosis:</b> This species is characterised by a distinctive red head and collum, and grey brown body. The shape of the male gonopod sclerites is also distinctive. <i>Atelomastix rubricephala</i> has a medially bifurcated sclerite <i>c</i>, with the medial process much longer and broader than the smaller lateral process. Sclerite <i>b</i> is broad, straight, and the tip is longer and extends beyond sclerite <i>c</i>. <b>Description:</b> <i>Male (holotype).</i> Colour (Fig. 2): live specimens with red head and collum fading slightly when preserved, legs yellow-brown, anal segment brown, prozonites grey-brown, metazonites dark brown to pale grey in preserved specimens. Body: ca. 30 mm long and ca. 1.9 mm wide at collum. With 50 trunk segments, 89 pairs of legs, last 2 segments without legs. Head (Figs. 23, 25): with ca. 30 ocelli (Fig. 71), arranged in 4 rows (5: 8: 8: 9). Gonopods: anterior gonopods (Figs. 29–33, 128, 129) lightly sclerotised, 2.5 times longer than broad; sclerite <i>a</i> with swollen base and curved distal hood; upper distal face of sclerite <i>a</i> with 10–12 (n=3) short blunt setae; pseudoflagellum short and distally visible; sclerite <i>b</i> flat, broad, and distally rounded, 9–15 (n=3) distal setae; basal process of sclerite <i>b</i> very small, 0.009 times length of main process; sclerite <i>c</i> bifurcate, lateral process much smaller than broad medial process, 4 setae (n=3) in row below bifurcation and 1–3 (n=3) on medial process; 1–3 (n=3) sub-basal setae where sclerites overlap and group of 10 (n=3) short setae subbasally on sclerite <i>c</i>; posterior gonopods inconspicuous, small, with several small setae on interno-lateral face of each gonopod. Dimensions (mm): holotype male (paratype male, WAM T71607): length ca. 30 (32), width ca. 1.9 (1.8), L/W=15.5 (17.3); sclerite <i>a</i> 1.136 / 0.448 (1.088/0456), setae 10 (12); sclerite <i>b</i> 0.491 (0.445), basal process of sclerite <i>b</i> 0.01 (0.02), setae 15 (11); sclerite <i>c</i> 0.803 (0.0.773), setae 5 (7). <i>Female</i>. Similar to male, other than sexual characters, and slightly larger. <b>Distribution and habitat:</b> This species has been collected from a number of sites beneath granite rocks, in marri (<i>Corymbia calophylla</i>) leaf litter, and amongst sedges in Waychinicup Nature Reserve and Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, east of Albany (Fig. 5).
description: Published as part of <i>Edward, Karen L. &amp; Harvey, Mark S., 2010, A review of the Australian millipede genus Atelomastix (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Iulomorphidae) 2371, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 2371 (1)</i> on pages 33-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2371.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5312214