Aquattuor udzungwensis Enghoff 2015, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Enghoff, Henrik
name: Frederiksen, Sara B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Spirostreptida
Odontopygidae
Aquattuor
Aquattuor udzungwensis

description: Aquattuor udzungwensis Enghoff sp. nov.
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Figs 3, 8
Diagnosis
Diameter 1.44–1.69 mm, 44–50 podous rings. Gonopods: lateral incision of coxa (li) deep with rounded bottom, curving distad; apical palette (pa) rounded-triangular, not longer than broad; telomere describing a c. 270° curve in almost one plane; mesal-posterior lamella of telomere (mpl) high, basally set off by 45–90° angle; anterior margin of telomere without a triangular tooth; telomere tip with smooth to microspiculate margins, internal surface microspiculate.
Etymology
The name is a Latin adjective derived from the Udzungwa Mts, home of this (and several other) Aquattuor species.
Material studied (total: 21 ♂♂)
Holotype
TANZANIA: ♂, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Udzungwa Scarp FR, above Chita village, 750 m asl, 23 Oct. –14 Nov. 1984, lowland rain forest, N. Scharff leg. (ZMUC).
Paratypes
TANZANIA: 4 ♂♂, same data as holotype, but 25–29 Oct. 1984, pitfall traps (ZMUC).
Referred non-type material
TANZANIA: Iringa Region, Iringa District, Udzungwa Mts, West Kilombero Scarp FR, montane forest, Frontier Tanzania coll.: 1 ♂, 07°53’19.5” S, 36°23’11.6” E, 1100–1300 m asl, Plot Ukami, 30 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC); 6 ♂♂, 07°53’19.5” S, 36°23’11.6” E, 1111 m asl, 23 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC); 7 ♂♂, 07°53’19.5” S, 36°23’11.6” E, 1126 m asl, plot 17 – Ukami, 25 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC); 1 ♂, 07°50’38.4” S, 36°22’17.6” E, 1390 m asl, 13 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC); 1 ♂, 07°50’38.4” S, 36°22’17.6” E, 1390–1410 m asl, Plot Paradiso, 18 Nov. 2000 (ZMUC).
Type locality
TANZANIA: Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region, Udzungwa Scarp FR, above Chita village, 750 m asl, lowland rain forest.
Colouration
After 15–31 years in alcohol faded, pale yellowish, head and especially collum contrastingly darker. Traces of paramedian, dark bands flanking a middorsal, pale stripe.
Distribution and habitat
Known from Udzungwa Scarp FR and from West Kilombero Scarp FR. Altitudinal range: 750–1410 m. Habitat: lowland rain forest and montane rain forest.
Coexisting species
In Udzungwa Scarp FR, Aquattuor stereosathe Enghoff sp. nov., Chaleponcus circumvallatus Enghoff, 2014, C. hamerae Enghoff, 2014, and C. nikolajscharffi Enghoff, 2014 have been found. In West Kilombero Scarp FR, Aquattuor longipala Enghoff sp. nov., Chaleponcus netus Enghoff, 2014, and C. circumvallatus Enghoff, 2014 were found in the same sample as A. udzungwensis Enghoff sp. nov. In addition, C. basiliscus Enghoff, 2014, C. gracilior Enghoff, 2014, C. ibis Enghoff, 2014, and C. tintin Enghoff, 2014 were found in West Kilombero Scarp FR.
description: Published as part of Enghoff, Henrik & Frederiksen, Sara B., 2015, A mountain of millipedes II: The genus Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 - five new species from the Udzungwa Mountains and one from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae), pp. 1-25 in European Journal of Taxonomy 150 on pages 13-15, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.150, http://zenodo.org/record/3787588