Zinophora junodi ( Carl, 1917 )

Redman, Guy T., Hamer, Michelle L. & Barraclough, David A., 2003, Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species, African Invertebrates 44 (2), pp. 203-277 : 244-245

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scientific name	Zinophora junodi ( Carl, 1917 )
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Zinophora junodi ( Carl, 1917) View in CoL

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Poratophilus junodi Carl, 1917: 385 View in CoL ; Attems 1928; Lawrence 1966.

Philoporatia junodi View in CoL ; Lawrence 1965.

Poratophilus (Philoporatia) junodi ; Schubart 1966.

Zinophora junodi View in CoL ; Demange 1983; Hamer 1998.

Type material (not examined): MOZAMBIQUE: ‘Shilowana, Rikatla, Afrique meridionale orientale’ ( Carl 1917). The whereabouts of the type material is not known .

Material examined: MOZAMBIQUE: 1ơ, Xai Xai [2533AD], 1923 ( SAMC B6031 View Materials ). SOUTH AFRICA: Mpumalanga: 2ơ, Olifantspoort area [2431BA], xi.1963, R. F. Lawrence ( NMSA 9009 View Materials ) .

Diagnosis: Telopodite with one long, narrow and acutely produced femoral spine ( Fig. 106 View Figs 105–112 ). Thumb narrow, curved in direction of pectinophore and apically acute ( Fig. 109 View Figs 105–112 ). Posterior telocoxal folds formed into long, narrow, acutely triangular lobes, overlapping medially ( Figs 105, 110 View Figs 105–112 ). Telocoxal spine narrow, long, cylindrical and overlapping spine from opposite telocoxite ( Fig. 110 View Figs 105–112 ).

Description:

Dimensions: Males, n = 2. Body width 7.5, 8.1; collum width 5.5, 9.0; body length 88.0, 91.0; leg length 5.2; antenna length 5.0.

Number of segments: 46, 49.

Colour: Head orange with yellowish tinge. Clypeus and collum orange. Prozonites light yellow, mesozonites orange, and metazonites light brown along posterior margin. Pre-anal ring and anal valve yellow. Legs and antennae orange.

First ozopore: Segment 6.

Collum: One submarginal groove. Anterior corner moderately lobed.

Gonopods: Telopodite with one long, narrow, acutely produced femoral spine ( Fig. 106 View Figs 105–112 ) concealed by posterior telocoxal fold ( Fig. 105 View Figs 105–112 ). Thumb narrow, curved in direction of pectinophore and apically acute. Second lamella a thin hyaline plate broadening apically, with tip curled away from other apical elements ( Figs 109, 111 View Figs 105–112 ). Telocoxal spine narrow, long and overlapping spine from opposite gonopod ( Fig. 110 View Figs 105–112 ). Posterior telocoxal folds formed into long, narrow, acute triangular lobes, overlapping medially ( Fig. 110 View Figs 105–112 ).

Pre-anal ring: Caudal spine long and upturned distally, extending well beyond anal valve.

Distribution: This species occurs in the north-eastern parts of South Africa (Kruger National Park area) and along the Mozambique coast ( Fig. 2 View Fig ). There are also records from Zimbabwe, Umtali (Attems 1928), but these have not been confirmed.

Remarks: The description of the gonopods presented here is based on NMSA material. The material examined from SAMC (B6031) had deteriorated and only the posterior half of a male specimen remained. There were no gonopods.

There is a degree of variation in the form of the telocoxal spines; one of the specimens collected in the Olifantspoort area has a telocoxal spine with two teeth on the dorsal surface ( Fig. 107 View Figs 105–112 ).

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