Archispirostreptus
Creators: name: Mwabvu, Tarombera
name: Hamer, Michelle
name: Slotow, Rob
name: Barraclough, David
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Spirostreptida
Spirostreptidae
Archispirostreptus

description: Key to the species of Archispirostreptus, based on male gonopods
1. Apical metaplical process darker proximally than distally; apical metaplical process convex laterally, not finger-like ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
- Apical metaplical process not darker proximally than distally; apical metaplical process not convex laterally, finger- like................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
2. Lateral and medial edges of apical metaplical processes convex proximally (Fig. 5a); apical metaplical processes not deflected or overlapping medially .......................................................................................................................... gigas
- Lateral and medial edges of apical metaplical processes not convex proximally; apical metaplical processes deflected and overlapping medially (Fig. 3a, 3b) ............................................................................................ divergens
3. Apical metaplical processes deflected laterally (Figs 7a, 7b) ......................................................................... phillipsii
- Apical metaplical processes not deflected laterally......................................................................................................4
4. Lateral edges of apical metaplical process concave, with an angular projection (Figs 9a, 9b) ......................... syriacus
- Lateral edges of apical metaplical process not concave, without an angular projection .............................................. 5
5. Distal half of apical metaplical process acute, not rounded apically (Figs 10a, 10b) ................................. tumuliporus
- Distal half of apical metaplical process not acute, rounded apically............................................................................6
6. Distal half of lateral metaplical process deflected towards apical metaplical process (Figs 8a, 8b) .................. smithii
- Distal half of lateral metaplical process not deflected towards apical metaplical process ........................................... 7
7. Apex of sternum apex flat; metaplica narrow at level of paracoxite apex (Fig. 6a) .......................................... lugubris
- Apex of sternum not flat; metaplica not narrow at level of paracoxite apex................................................................8
8. Distal part of lateral metaplical process gently slanting towards paracoxite; proximal lateral metaplical process and proximal apical metaplical process at obtuse angle (Fig. 4a) ............................................................................ dodsoni
- Distal part of lateral metaplical process not slanting towards paracoxite; proximal lateral metaplical process and proximal apical metaplical process at right angle......................................................................................................... 9
9. Apex of proplica and apical metaplical process not thumb-like; lateral metaplical process wider and horizontal prox- imally, abruptly tapering distally (Fig. 1) ......................................................................................................... beccarii
- Apex of proplica and apical metaplical process thumb-like; lateral metaplical process not horizontal proximally or abruptly tapering distally (Fig. 2a)....................................................................................................................... bottegi
description: Published as part of Mwabvu, Tarombera, Hamer, Michelle, Slotow, Rob & Barraclough, David, 2010, A revision of the taxonomy and distribution of Archispirostreptus Silvestri 1895 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), and description of a new spirostreptid genus with three new species, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 2567 on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197288