Nepalmatoiulus Mauries 1983
Creators: name: Mikhaljova, Elena V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Julida
Julidae
Nepalmatoiulus

description: Key to species of Nepalmatoiulus reported from mainland China and Taiwan Island (based only on males)
1(6) Gonopod solenomere with accessory branch, appendage or deeply bifid.......................................... 2 2(3) Gonopod solenomere deeply bifid, both branches broad and spinose................................. N. coxahaerens
3(2) Gonopod solenomere different........................................................................... 4 4(5) Gonopod solenomere with subapical slender branch.................................................. N. pallidus
5(4) Gonopod solenomere with a stellate appendage carrying several long spines........................... N. yunnanensis 6(1) Gonopod solenomere without accessory branch, appendage or not deeply bifid.................................... 7
7(24) Gonopod solenomere short, not reaching or almost reaching the middle of the velum................................ 8 8(19) Gonopod mesomeral process without well-defined subapical outgrowth.......................................... 9
9(18) Gonopod mesomeral process without apical excavation...................................................... 10 10(11) Gonopod solenomere smooth without setae or spines............................................. N. sichuanensis
11(10) Gonopod solenomere setose or covered with pointed spines................................................... 12 12(13) Gonopod solenomere apically expanded, with a small anterior spinose lobe.......................... N. brachymeritus
13(12) Gonopod solenomere apically not expanded, without a small anterior spinose lobe................................. 14 14(15) Gonopod solenomere posteriorly with particularly long spines.......................................... N. malaisei
15(14) Gonopod solenomere posteriorly without particularly long spines.............................................. 16 16(17) Gonopod mesomeral process clearly demarcated from velum............................................. N. weixi
17(16) Gonopod mesomeral process practically not demarcated from velum................................... N. chinensis 18(9) Gonopod mesomeral process with apical excavation (Fig. 48)................................... N. parvulus sp. nov.
19(8) Gonopod mesomeral process with well-defined subapical outgrowth............................................ 20 20(21) Subapical outgrowth of the gonopod mesomeral process digitiform (Figs 68, 69).................... N. hexiensis sp. nov.
21(20) Subapical outgrowth of the gonopod mesomeral process different.............................................. 22 22(23) Anterior gonopod distally expanded (Figs 54, 55). Apex of the gonopod mesomeral process straight, very pointed (Figs 58, 60).............................................................................. N. acutidentatus sp. nov.
23(22) Anterior gonopod distally not expanded (Figs 39, 40). Apex of the gonopod mesomeral process hook-shaped, not very pointed (Figs 44, 46)........................................................................ N. deqenensis sp. nov. 24(7) Gonopod solenomere long, exceeding the middle of the velum................................................ 25
25(26) Gonopod solenomere basally stout, then tapering into almost flagelloid apical part..................... N. fraterdraconis 26(25) Gonopod solenomere different.......................................................................... 27
27(34) Gonopod solenomere stout............................................................................. 28 28(29) Posterior lobe of gonopod solenomere with pointed processes.......................................... N. polyakis
29(28) Posterior lobe of gonopod solenomere different............................................................ 30 30(31) Male mandibular stipital lobes small, acute......................................................... N. eulobos
31(30) Male mandibular stipital lobes different................................................................... 32 32(33) Male coxa 2 elongated (twice as long as wide)..................................................... N. formosae
33(32) Male coxa 2 shorter........................................................................ N. taiwanensis 34(27) Gonopod solenomere different.......................................................................... 35
35(38) Gonopod solenomere with subapical slender branch......................................................... 36 36(37) Gonopod mesomeral process slender, stick-shaped...................................................... N. muli
37(36) Gonopod mesomeral process moderately large.................................................... N. immaturus 38(35) Gonopod solenomere long and slender, without subapical slender branch........................................ 39 39(40) Gonopod velum with a large slender outgrowth immediately in front of solenomere.................... N. rhaphimeritus 40(39) Gonopod velum without a large slender outgrowth immediately in front of solenomere............................. 41
41(42) Anterior gonopods very stout, apically broadly rounded. Solenomere with long spines posteriorly............ N. tibetanus 42(41) Anterior gonopods different. Solenomere without long spines posteriorly........................................ 43
43(44) Gonopod mesomeral process without excavation and subapical outgrowth......................... N. tianbaoshanensis 44(43) Gonopod mesomeral process with excavation or subapical outgrowth........................................... 45
45(46) Gonopod mesomeral process without subapical protrusions located on its mesal side (Figs 1, 10).... N. lanpingensis sp. nov. 46(45) Gonopod mesomeral process with subapical protrusions located on its mesal side................................. 47
47(48) Gonopod mesomeral process with subcentral digitiform outgrowth (Fig. 20)...................... N. uncinatus sp. nov. 48(47) Gonopod mesomeral process without subcentral digitiform outgrowth (Fig. 34)................. N. emarginatus sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Mikhaljova, Elena V., 2020, New data on the fauna of China, part II: the millipede genus Nepalmatoiulus Mauriès, 1983 (Diplopoda, Julidae) in continental China and Taiwan, with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 101-124 in Zootaxa 4852 (1) on pages 122-123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4408343