Abiliodesmus mapinguari, Bouzan & Iniesta & Brescovit, 2021

Bouzan, Rodrigo Salvador, Iniesta, Luiz Felipe M. & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2021, Cladistic analysis and taxonomic review of the millipede tribe Arthrosolaenomeridini Hoffman, 1976 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), Zootaxa 4970 (2), pp. 201-256 : 240-244

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4895181

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/12BBB981-7D78-40C3-A78B-3314E5268F0D

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scientific name

Abiliodesmus mapinguari
status

sp. nov.

Abiliodesmus mapinguari View in CoL n. sp.

Figures 23 View FIGURE 23 , 25 View FIGURE 25 , 27A–B View FIGURE 27

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Type material. Male holotype from Palmas (10°12’47”S, 48°21’37”W), Tocantins, Brazil, X.2001, I. Knysak and GoogleMaps

R. Martins coll., deposited in IBSP 1699 View Materials . Paratypes: two females with same data of the holotype , IBSP 7787 View Materials ; one male and one female from Fazenda Giovam , Porto Nacional (10°42’30”S, 48°25’01”W), Tocantins, Brazil, 01.XII.2013, Chagas-Jr, A. and Giupponi, A. coll., deposited in GoogleMaps CZUFMT 834 .

Additional material. BRAZIL: Tocantins: Porto Nacional (10°42’30”S, 48°25’01”W), Fazenda Giovam , 1♂, 02.XII.2013, A. Chagas-Jr and A. Giupponi coll. ( CZUFMT 839 ) GoogleMaps ; woods near the to the Tocantins River , 1♂, 29.XI.2013, A. Chagas-Jr and A. Giupponi coll. ( CZUFMT 837 ) ; Taquaruçu (10°18’21”S, 48°10’17”W), Vai Quem Quer , 1♂, 30.XI.2013, A. Chagas-Jr and A. Giupponi coll. ( CZUFMT 836 ) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Adult males differ from all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: presence of a secondary process at the apex of the prefemoral process ( Figs 23D View FIGURE 23 ); absence of a lateral expansion in the solenomere ( Figs 23D–E View FIGURE 23 ) and the prefemoral process involving the solenomere, in ectal view ( Fig. 23F View FIGURE 23 ).

Description. Male (Holotype, IBSP 1699). Coloration (long-preserved in 70% ethanol): Head reddish brown with the labrum yellowish. Antennae reddish brown. Body reddish brown with the edges of the paranota whitish ( Figs 23A–C View FIGURE 23 ). Legs ocher whitish. Telson reddish brown. Total length: 59.44. Total width: 9.64. Collum 3.04 length, 8.85 width. Antennomere lengths (1>7): 0.72; 1.68; 1.52; 1.78; 1.73; 1.44; 0.29. Podomeres lengths (1>7): 0.92; 1.25; 2.30; 0.95; 1.21; 1.56; 0.55. Gonopod aperture 1.70 length, 3.03 width. Telson 1.82 length. Gonopod: 3.15 length, 2.25 width. gonocoxae: 1.00 length, 1.27 width. Telopodite: 3.09 length, 0.95 width. Prefemoral region short, 1/4 the size of telopodite. Prefemoral process ( Figs 23D–F View FIGURE 23 ) long and narrow, presenting a dorso-basal lobe, starting from an angle of 180°, involving the solenomere in its initial portion, subsequently ascending parallel to the solenomere and partially covering it in ectal view, apex dividing into two acute projections ( Fig. 23D View FIGURE 23 ). Solenomere long, but not reaching the apex of the prefemoral process ( Fig. 23D View FIGURE 23 ). Cingulum in basal position ( Fig. 23F View FIGURE 23 ). Apex of the solenomere sickle-shaped with sigmoid curvature ( Fig. 23D View FIGURE 23 ).

Female (Paratype, IBSP 1699). Body as in male. Total length: 69.15. Total width: 9.62. Collum 3.43 length, 9.60 width. Antennomere lengths (1>7): 0.72; 2.00; 1.77; 1.51; 1.61; 1.44; 0.42. Podomeres lengths (1>7): 0.92; 1.12; 2.22; 1.00; 1.13; 1.60; 0.49. Telson 1.47 length. Epigyne rounded with regular edges. Vulvae ( Figs 27A–B View FIGURE 27 ): 1.50 length, 0.70 width. External valve: 1.16 length, 0.29 width. Internal valve: 1.04 length, 0.34 width. Operculum: 0.37 length, 0.54 width.

Distribution. Tocantins, Brazil ( Fig. 25 View FIGURE 25 ).

Etymology. The species epithet is a reference of the Brazilian folkloric character “Mapinguari”. According to the indigenous legend, the “Mapinguari” is a hairy giant with one eye on the forehead and the mouth at the navel, living in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Noun in apposition.

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

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