Thyropygus cuisinieri

Pimvichai, Piyatida, Enghoff, Henrik & Panha, Somsak, 2011, A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part 4: the T. cuisinieri subgroup (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae), Zootaxa 2980, pp. 37-48 : 38

The Thyropygus cuisinieri subgroup

A subgroup of the T. allevatus group, characterized by

1. A prominent projecting lobe on the lateral surface of the anterior coxal fold (apl) ( Figs. 1 A, 2A, 3A–B, 4A)

2. A slender lamellar lobe (sll) on the telopodite (not to be confused with the spatulate lobe characteristic of the T. opinatus subgroup)

3. A protruding lobe on the telopodite (lo) distal to the femoral spine

4. An additional small lobe (asl) further distal to lo on the telopodite

5. No additional projection (amp) on the anterior coxal fold (present in both opinatus and bifurcus subgroups)

6. A single femoral spine

The cuisinieri subgroup includes T. carli ( Attems, 1938) , T. cuisinieri Carl, 1917 , T. foliaceus ( Demange, 1961) , new status and T. jarukchusri n. sp.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Thyropygus carli (specimen from Nhatrang), gonopods. A: anterior view, left telopodite removed. B: posterior view, left telopodite removed. C: left telopodite, posterior-mesal view. D: left telopodite, anterior-lateral view.