Desmoxytes pinnasquali Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6059213 |
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Desmoxytes pinnasquali Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha |
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Desmoxytes pinnasquali Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha View in CoL sp. n.
( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 G, 1H, 11–13)
Holotype. male ( CUMZ) THAILAND, Phitsanulok Province, Noen Maprang District, near Pra Tham Mans Monastery (Tham Wangdaeng), 16º41'40"N, 100°40'42"E, ca 62 m a.s.l., 22 August 2014, leg. S. Panha, C. Sutcharit and U. Bantaowong. GoogleMaps
Paratypes. 22 males, 5 females ( CUMZ), GoogleMaps 2 males, 1 female ( ZMUC) same data with holotype GoogleMaps ; 10 males, 17 females ( CUMZ) same locality together with holotype, 23 July 2008, leg. N. Likhitrakarn GoogleMaps ; 2 females ( CUMZ) same locality together with holotype, 8 September 2009, leg. U. Bantaowong and R. Chanabun GoogleMaps ; 3 males, 6 females ( CUMZ) THAILAND, Phitsanulok Province, Noen Maprang District, near Pa Ma Muang monastery, 16º34'00"N, 100°40'38"E, ca 92 m a.s.l., 23 July 2008, leg. C. Sutcharit and P. Tongkerd GoogleMaps .
Etymology. The name is a Latin noun in apposition, meaning “shark fin” and referring to the shape of a process on lamina medialis.
Diagnosis. Metaterga with 2+2 anterior and 2+2 posterior spines, paraterga wing-like, shocking pink. Similar in these respect to D. planata , but differing by pink brown general body color, epiproct with digitiform apical papillae, sternal process between male coxae 4 being subquadrate, lamina medialis (lm) being highly elevated with a shark finlike process.
Descriptions. Length 24–29 mm (male), 28–30 mm (female); width of midbody prozona and metazona ca 2.0 and 2.0 mm (male), 2.2 and 2.5 mm (female).
Live coloration vivid pink; paraterga shocking pink; surface below below paraterga and metaterga brown pink; head and antenna dark brown; legs and epiproct pink; sterna brown ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 G, 1H). Coloration in alcohol after one year faded to pale brown; paraterga, legs and sterna yellow brown; surface below paraterga, metaterga, head, antenna and epiproct brown.
Width of head <collum <segment 2 <3 = 4 <5–16, thereafter body gradually tapering towards telson. Head broad ca 2.0 mm (male), 2.5 mm (female). Clypeolabral region sparsely setose; vertex bare so on; labrum and genae sparsely setose; epicranial suture visible as dark line, quite deep ( Figs. 13 View FIGURE 13 A, 13D). Antennae very long and slender, reaching back to segments 5 (male) and 4 (female) when expanded dorsally ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 D).
Collum width ca 3.0 mm (both sexes), surface coarsely microgranulate, with three transverse rows of small setiferous tubercles, 3(4)+3(4) anterior, 1+1 intermediate and 2+2 posterior tubercles; paraterga wing-shaped, elevated at about 30º (male) and 20º (female), directed dorsolaterad, tip pointed, with two distinct setiferous notches on anterior margin ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 A).
Post-collum segments with surface of prozona finely shagreened; metazona coarsely microgranulate and shining; surface below paraterga finely microgranulate with inconspicuous wrinkles; paraterga and sterna quite smooth ( Figs. 8 View FIGURE 8 A–H, 13G). Suture between prozonae and metazonae conspicuous, quite deep and wide, narrow only in segments 2–5, thereafter much wider ( Figs. 11 View FIGURE 11 C, 11E, 13B, 13E, 13G). Metaterga with two transverse rows of setiferous spines; 2+2 anterior and 2+2 posterior spines; spines of anterior rows on metaterga 2–16 equal in size, lateral spines of posterior rows longer than mesal ones; metaterga 17–19 with all spines equal in size. Transverse sulcus on metaterga distinctly expressed on segments 5–17, quite deep, inconspicuous on segments 4 and 18, missing on segments 2, 3 and 19 ( Figs. 11 View FIGURE 11 A, 11C, 11F, 13A–C). Mid-dorsal line absent.
Paraterga strongly developed, especially in male, wing-shaped, directed dorsolaterad at ca 45º ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 F), thereafter curving backward; shoulder present; calluses conspicuous, broad anteriorly and continuing slightly narrowed near tip; lateral margin with two distinct denticles, segments 9, 10, 12,13, 15–18 with an additional very small denticle near the tip ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 H: arrow); tip of paraterga pointed and sharp, curving dorsolaterad; posterior margin of paraterga curving at base and almost straight near tip ( Figs. 11 View FIGURE 11 C, 11E, 13H). Ozopore (op) visible from above, ovoid ( Figs. 11 View FIGURE 11 C, 11E, 13H). Pleurosternal carinae forming complete crests on segment 2 (both sexes), small ridge on segment 3 and absent on following segments ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B).
Epiproct conical; tip concave; apical papillae conspicuous, digitiform; with tiny tubercles supporting two pairs of paramedian setae; lateral papillae distinct ( Figs. 13 View FIGURE 13 J–K). Hypoproct subsemicircular, with prominent setigerous tubercles on convex caudal margin ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 I).
Sterna sparsely setose, cross-impression shallow; sternal process between male coxae 4 modified, subquadrate, tip round, sternal pores visible from posterior view ( Figs. 11 View FIGURE 11 G, 11H, 13M). Legs very long and slender, ca 2.5 (male), 2.0 times (female) as long as midbody height ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 P). Male femora 5 and 6 distinctly humped ventrally in middle part, femur 6 a bit bigger than 5 ( Figs. 11 View FIGURE 11 I, 13N, 13O).
Gonopods ( Figs. 12 View FIGURE 12 , 13 View FIGURE 13 Q–T) long and slender, suberect, distal parts strongly condensed. Coxa (cx) about 1/3 as long as telopodite. Prefemorite (pfe) about 1/3 as long as telopodite, quite stout. Femorite (fe) slender, very elongate, with seminal groove running entirely on mesal surface, postfemoral part demarcated by deep mesal and lateral sulcus ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 R: black & white arrows). Solenophore strongly developed: lamina lateralis (ll) swollen, without a lobe: lamina medialis (lm) broad and highly elevated, with one process and two lobes; process shark finlike, tip obtuse, directed mesad ( Figs. 13 View FIGURE 13 Q, 13S, P arrow); first lobe lamellalike, terminating in two lamellae, outer one smaller than the inner one ( Figs. 13 View FIGURE 13 Q, 13S, L1 arrow); second lobe lamellalike, thick and broad ( Figs. 13 View FIGURE 13 Q, 13S, L2 arrow). Solenomere flagelliform, curving distad.
Distribution and habitat. This new species occurs in a small limestone area in the west of Thung Salaeng Luang National Park, northern Thailand and was seen crawling on humid rocks, litter and vegetation under a shading tree.
Remark. This species shows a bizarre pink body color which is clearly aposematic. It may be closely related to D. planata with which it shares the same patterns of color and metatergal spines.
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