Zoosphaerium pseudoplatylabum Wesener, 2009

Wesener, Thomas, Bespalova, Ioulia & Sierwald, Petra, 2010, Madagascar’s living giants: discovery of five new species of endemic giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae: Zoosphaerium), African Invertebrates 51 (1), pp. 133-133 : 158

Zoosphaerium pseudoplatylabum Wesener, 2009

Fig. 19

Zoosphaerium pseudoplatylabum: Wesener 2009: 54 .

Description:

Anal shield shape: Well rounded until bottom, where slightly flared and very slightly tapered downward.

Female sexual characters: Vulva large, covering more than 3/4 of coxa ( Fig. 19A ). Operculum large, reaching almost to apical edge of coxa, with deep notch apically, sometimes with second tiny notch on lateral half. Mesal plate long and broad, protruding to 1/4 operculum height ( Fig. 19A ). Subanal plate with washboard possessing one weakly developed stridulation rib on each half ( Fig. 19B ).

Material examined: MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa Prov.: 1ơ 1^( FMNH-INS 7801 ), 13ơ ( FMNH-INS 7913 ) extreme northern limit of R.S. de Ivohibe , along Hefitany R., ca 7.5 km ENE Ivohibe, montane rainforest, 1200 m, 22°28.2'S: 46°57.6'E, S.M. Goodman, pitfall traps, 3.ix.1997 .

Additional material and locality information

Figures

Fig. 19. Zoosphaerium pseudoplatylabum Wesener, 2009 (FMNH-INS 7801): (A) female 2nd coxae with vulvae, posterior view; (B) subanal plate with washboard. Abbreviations: Cx – coxite, EP – external, lateral plate, IP – inner, mesal plate, O – operculum. Scale bars = 1 mm.