Erythrocricus electrofasciatus Rodrigues & Rodrigues 2021, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Patrícia Elesbão Silva
name: Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Spirobolida
Rhinocricidae
Erythrocricus
Erythrocricus electrofasciatus

description: Erythrocricus electrofasciatus (Schubart, 1957) comb. nov.
Figs 4–5
Rhinocricus electrofasciatus Schubart, 1957: 309, figs 1–6.
Rhinocricus electrofasciatus — Marek et al. 2003: 55
Diagnosis
Erythrocricus electrofasciatus resembles E. sanguineostriatus in the characteristics cited above for the diagnosis of E. sanguineostriatus but differs by the general coloration (Fig. 4) and by the transverse red line only on the posterior metazonites. Coxae of leg pair 3 with a pointed apex (Fig. 4B); the telopodite of the anterior gonopod is well developed in posterior view (Fig. 5B), the external branch of the posterior gonopod lamellated and narrow, distally long and slender (Fig. 5C).
Material examined
Holotype
BRAZIL • ♂; Pará, Serra do Cachimbo; 54°41′18.94″ W, 9°0′39.85″ S; 22 Sep. 1953; H. Sick leg.; MZSP 2, MZSP 3, MZSP 4, MZSP 081.
Other material
BRAZIL • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Mato Grosso, Cotriguaçu; 58°25853′ W, 9°81926′ S; 2 Nov. 2014; M. Karam- Gemael leg.; MZUFMT-MYR 0481 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; UHE Guaporé; 58°57′ W, 15°07′ S; 28 Sep. 2002; S.I. Golovatch et. al leg.; MZUFMT-MYR • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 3 Oct. 2002; S.I. Golovatch et al. leg.; MZUFMT- MYR.
Redescription
Male
MEASUREMENTS. 1 ♂, MZUFMT-MYR 0481: with 52p+T. Total length 60.0 mm, maximum width of midbody rings 5.7 mm.
COLORATION (in 70% alcohol) (Fig. 4). Antennae and legs dark brown. Collum in medial portion dark brown with yellowish margins (Fig. 4A). Prozonites dark brown; anterior metazonites yellowish with transverse red-ochre line in dorsal portion (not visible in Fig. 4A, but see Schubart 1957: 310), posterior metazonites amber (Fig. 4C). Telson dark brown (Fig. 4C).
HEAD AND BODY RING (Fig. 4). Antennae with numerous apical sensory cones. Collum rounded laterally. Tegument smooth, without setae. Ozopores starting from 6 th ring. Scobinae starting from 7 th ring, concave.
LEGS (Fig. 4B). Coxae of leg pairs 3–5 of male expanded into a process. Coxae of leg pair 3 pointed.
TELSON (Fig. 4C). Epiproct short, not extended over paraprocts. Hypoproct subtriangular.
GONOPODS (Fig. 5). Anterior gonopod wider than long, sternite triangular, medial portion with rounded apex. Sternite shorter than coxite, longer than telopodite (Fig. 5A). Coxite rounded, in posterior view apically with margins projected medially.Telopodite thickened, with well-developed distal lobe (Fig. 5B). Posterior gonopod distally bifid. External branch laminar and narrow, apically long and slender, folded over solenomere. Solenomere long and thin (Fig. 5C).
Female (MZUFMT-MYR 0481)
Coloration as in male (Fig. 4D–E), with 50p+T. Total length 61.0 mm. Width 5.4 mm.
Distribution
Known from Serra do Cachimbo, states of Pará, and state of Mato Grosso.
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Patrícia Elesbão Silva & Rodrigues, Everton Nei Lopes, 2021, Taxonomic review of the genus Erythrocricus Schubart, 1962 (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Rhinocricidae), pp. 177-187 in European Journal of Taxonomy 748 on pages 183-186, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.748.1353, http://zenodo.org/record/4770266