Eucampesmella sulcata ( Attems, 1898 ), 2021

Bouzan, Rodrigo S., Iniesta, Luiz Felipe M., Pena-Barbosa, João Paulo P. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2021, Six new species of the widespread Brazilian millipede genus Eucampesmella (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), Zoologia (e 66300) 38, pp. 1-22 : 9

Eucampesmella sulcata ( Attems, 1898) , stat. rev.

Figs 30, 31

Cordyloporus sulcatus Attems, 1898: 364 (Male from the state of Bahia, Brazil, deposited in ZMH, not examined [gonopods missing]); Attems, 1938: 379; Weidner, 1960: 82; Hoffman, 1967: 186.

Prepodesmus sulcatus : Chamberlin, 1952: 330

Leptodesmus tuberculiporus Attems, 1898: 384 (Based upon the same type-specimen of Cordyloporus sulcatus , see Hoffman, 1967: 185); Brölemann, 1909: 73; Attems, 1938: 42; Schubart, 1948: 87 (synonymized under Eucampesmella lartiguei ; revalidated by Hoffman, 1967: 186); Weidner, 1974: 114.

Pseudoleptodesmus tuberculiporus : Attems, 1931: 31.

Eucampesmella tuberculipora : Hoffman, 1967: 186 (comments on the synonymy under L. lartiguei and revalidation of E. tuberculipora ).

Diagnosis. Males of Eucampesmella sulcata stat. rev. differ from all other species of Eucampesmella by the presence of a slender and long solenomere (similar to E. tricuspis , but differing by acropodital process being divided into two branches in the apical portion); internal branch of the process of the acropodite subrectangular in shape in ectal view ( Fig. 31). The prefemoral process of E. sulcata stat. rev. similar to males of E. expansa by having elongated and slender secondary process ( Fig. 30); but differing from E. expansa by absence of rounded projection on the tip of the prefemoral process and also its length (overreaching the acropodite in E. expansa ).

Additional material examined. BRAZIL: “Soledad?”, 1 male, 15.iii.1903, Austrian Brazilian Expedition coll. ( NHMW) .

Distribution. Known only from Bahia state.

Remarks. The epithet name tuberculipora was given priority by Hoffman (1967) over sulcatus (for more details, Hoffman 1967: 183-185). However, the prevalence of tuberculipora is in disagreement with the reversal of precedence (ICZN, article 23.9.). The supposed junior synonym (in this case, tuberculipora ) has not been used in at least 25 published works by at least 10 authors (see condition 23.9.1.2.). Based on this, herein we suggest the maintenance of sulcatus (in concordance with feminine gender, Eucampesmella sulcata ).