Orthomorpha murphyi
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Ordo: Diplopoda
Familia: Paradoxosomatidae
Genus: Orthomorpha
Name
Orthomorpha murphyi Hoffman, 1973 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Orthomorpha murphyi Hoffman 1973[1]: 636 (D).
- Orthomorpha murphyi – Hoffman 1977[2]: 700 (M, D); Golovatch 1998[3]: 42 (M, D).
Holotype
♂(NHML), Singapore, Mile 8, Old Upper Thomson Road, 30.12.1962, leg. Kok Oi Yee.
Non-types
1 ♂, 5 ♀ (CUMZ), Singapore, Central Region, Nature Reserve, Bukit Timah, 1°35'18"N, 104°18'0"E, 25.12.2009, leg. C. Sutcharit.
Descriptive notes
Length 34–35 (♂) or 3.3–3.6 mm (♀), width of midbody pro- and metazona 2.5–2.6 and 3.9–4.4 mm (♂), 3.4–3.6, and 4.8–4.9 mm (♀), respectively.
Coloration of live animals (Fig. 58A) uniformly blackish brown with only slightly lighter paraterga, venter and legs; coloration of alcohol material upon long-term preservation faded to a light brown (holotype) with contrasting pallid paraterga, venter, legs and antennae (Fig. 57); coloration of rather freshly alcohol-preserved material blackish brown with likewise strongly faded paraterga, venter and legs (Fig. 58B-H).
Remarks
The original description of this species was so complete and detailed (Hoffman 1973[1]) that no redescription seems to be necessary. Instead, we only provide new illustrations (Figs 59–61) showing the coloration, structural details, and gonopod conformation of Orthomorpha murphyi, based both on the holotype and new samples.
Taxon Treatment
- Likhitrakarn, N; Golovatch, S; Panha, S; 2011: Revision of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Orthomorpha Bollman, 1893, with the proposal of a new genus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) ZooKeys, 131: 1-161. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hoffman R (1973) Descriptions and allocation of new or poorly known genera and species of Paradoxosomatidae from south-eastern Asia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Journal of Natural History 7: 361-389. doi: 10.1080/00222937300770281
- ↑ Hoffman R (1977) Diplopoda from Malayan caves, collected by M. Pierre Strinati. Revue suisse de Zoologie 84 (3): 699-719.
- ↑ Golovatch S (1998) On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda Polydesmida), VI. Arthropoda Selecta 6(3–4): 35–46. [for 1997]
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