Atelomastix julianneae 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 julianneae

description: <i>Atelomastix julianneae</i>, sp. nov. Figs. 5, 61, 104, 105. <b>Type material:</b> AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: holotype male, south end of Millinup Pass, Porongurup Range National Park, 34°41’43”S, 117°53’51”E, hand collected under rotting logs, 30 March 1996, M.S. Harvey, J.M. Waldock, B.Y. Main (WAM T 69805). Paratype: 1 male, collected with holotype (WAM T 71601). <b>Etymology:</b> The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Julianne Waldock who collected the holotype and numerous other species of <i>Atelomastix</i> in southwestern Western Australia. <b>Diagnosis:</b> <i>Atelomastix julianneae</i> can be distinguished from other <i>Atelomastix</i> species as it is characterised by a very large, broad, and distally rounded sclerite <i>b.</i> Sclerite c is not bifurcate, is relatively broad, subdistally narrowed and curved to a rounded tip, with 12 setae positioned on a wide section of the sclerite, partially hidden by sclerite b. This species also has 7 eye rows. Live specimens of <i>A. julianneae</i> have a very striking colour pattern of black or dark brown segments with bright yellow-orange bands, similar to <i>A. tigrina</i>. <b>Description:</b> <i>Male (holotype).</i> Colour: live specimens dark brown-black with yellow-orange bands between segments; head, collum, anal segment dark brown, rest of body yellow-orange, prozonites light yellow-brown, metazonites dark brown to yellow in preserved specimens. Body: ca. 36 mm long and ca. 1.8 mm wide at collum. With 56 trunk segments, 101 pairs of legs, last 2 segments without legs. Head: with ca. 39 ocelli (Fig. 61), arranged in 7 rows (1: 3: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9). Gonopods: anterior gonopods (Figs. 104, 105) very large, heavily sclerotised and complex in structure, 2.28 times longer than broad; sclerite <i>a</i> with swollen base and broad, curved distal hood; upper distal face of sclerite <i>a</i> with 18–21 (n=2) short blunt setae; pseudoflagellum short, broad, and entirely visible on externolateral side of gonopod but not visible on interno-lateral side, where it is concealed within distal hood; sclerite <i>b</i> broad, slightly curved inwards, with 5–7 (n=2) long setae that curve to distal end of sclerite; basal process of sclerite <i>b</i> long, triangular, tapering to blunt tip, 0.26 times length of main process; sclerite <i>c</i> not bifurcate, broad, with 12 setae (n=2) on broad internal face; with very long sub-basal setae where sclerites overlap and group of 11–15 (n=2) short setae sub-basally 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 T 71601): length ca. 36 (44), width ca. 1.8 (1.8); L/W=19.6 (24.1); sclerite <i>a</i> 1.130 / 0.496 (1.026 / 0.461), setae 21 (18); sclerite <i>b</i> 0.502 (0.493), basal process of sclerite <i>b</i> 0.130 (0.137), setae 7 (5); sclerite <i>c</i> 0.899 (0.808), setae 12 (12). <i>Female</i>. Unknown. <b>Distribution and habitat:</b> This species has only been recorded from the Porongurup Range National Park (Fig. 5) and specimens were collected from under rotting eucalypt logs.
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 23-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2371.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5312214