Agathodesmus kerensis

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Polydesmida
Familia: Haplodesmidae
Genus: Agathodesmus

Name

Agathodesmus kerensis Mesibov, 2013 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile

Holotype

Male, Bellenden Ker Range, Qld, summit TV station, 17°15'50"S, 145°51'14"E ±100m, 1550 m a.s.l., 25-31 October 1981, Queensland Museum and Earthwatch personnel, QM S96045.

Paratypes

QM: 2 males, 1 stadium 6 female, details as for holotype, S96046; 3 males, same details but 1–7 November 1981, S96047; 2 males, same details but 1–7 November 1981, QM berlesate 338, rainforest, sieved litter, S96048.

Other material

None.

Diagnostic description

Male with head + 19 rings. Colour in alcohol brownish yellow. Male ca 8.0 mm long; ring 12 maximum diameter ca 0.6 mm, maximum width ca 0.65 mm. Metatergal tubercles in ca 10 irregular transverse rows, mainly without setae; metatergal setae short with slightly flared tips; lateralmost row of tubercles not enlarged, not forming pseudo-paranotum. Male leg 6 coxa with small, rounded, mediodistal projection. Telopodite (Fig. 9A) with pp curving anteriorly, then distally at base, slightly flattened anteroposteriorly; at in oblique plane (facing posterolaterally), short, narrowly triangular, arising abruptly from medial side of truncate pp apex, curving slightly posterolaterally; dp directed posterobasally at base; mab divided into 2 distally notched lobes, the posterior lobe curving medially and terminating in a basally directed point; meb broad, not divided, curving behind mab, apex slightly expanded.

Distribution

Known only from rainforest on the summit of Mt Bellenden Ker in tropical north Queensland (Fig. 13A). Agathodesmus quintanus sp. n. occurs lower down on the same mountain.

Name

For the type locality, Mt Bellenden Ker; adjective.

Remarks

Latitude/longitude data corrected following Mesibov (2012b).

Original Description

• Mesibov, R; 2013: New species of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae) ZooKeys, 325: 33-64. doi

Images

Figure 9. Posterior gonopod views. A Agathodesmus kerensis sp. n., paratype ex QM S96046 B Agathodesmus kirrama sp. n., paratype ex QM S96051 C Agathodesmus morwellensis sp. n., paratype, NMV K-11889 D Agathodesmus parapholeus sp. n., paratype ex QM S96057. A, C, D are uncoated specimens; scale bars: A, C = 0.1 mm, B, D = 0.2 mm.  Figure 13. Localities in far north Queensland for A Agathodesmus adelphus sp. n. (open circle), Agathodesmus agnus sp. n. (open triangles), Agathodesmus gayundah sp. n. (filled triangle), Agathodesmus hahnensis sp. n. (open squares), Agathodesmus kerensis sp. n. (filled square), Agathodesmus kirrama sp. n. (filled circles), Agathodesmus millaa sp. n. (star) and B Agathodesmus parapholeus sp. n. (open circles), Agathodesmus quintanus sp. n. (crosses), Agathodesmus sagma sp. n. (open squares), Agathodesmus summus sp. n. (open triangles), and Agathodesmus yuccabinensis sp. n. (filled squares). Arrow in A indicates questionable, disjunct locality for Agathodesmus aenigmaticus sp. n. Mercator projections; inset shows location of main maps.