Damacornu, Enghoff, 2018

Enghoff, Henrik, 2018, A mountain of millipedes VI. New records, new species, a new genus and a general discussion of Odontopygidae from the Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 394, pp. 1-29 : 3-4

Genus Damacornu gen. nov.

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Type species

Damacornu transversum gen. et sp. nov., by original designation.

Other included species

None.

Diagnosis

A genus of Odontopygidae – Prionopetalini characterized by the following combination of characters: gonopod coxa with a mesal spineless metaplical shelf, without a basad metaplical spine; telopodital torsotope with a long spine; solenomere whip-like, with a basal spine but otherwise without outgrowths, apically fluted and spiraled; telomere a longitudinally folded lamella; distal half of telomere bent at right angles in relation to basal half, with a row of teeth on internal surface.

Etymology

A composite noun, from Dama (fallow deer) and cornu (horn, antler), referring to the (slight) resemblance between the gonopod telomere and an antler from the fallow deer, Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) . Gender neuter.

Remarks

In the key to genera of “ Odontopyginae ” by Kraus (1966), Damacornu transversum gen. et sp. nov. keys out to the genus Odontopyge, and in the key to species of “Odontopyge” by Kraus (1960) it keys out in couplet 11 (“ O.” citernii Silvestri, 1898 and “O.” difficilis Silvestri, 1895). The new species is, however, clearly different from these two species in which there is no metaplical shelf and the proximal solenomeral spine (ps) (“Tibialdorn”) is rudimentary. None of the “orphaned” species assigned to Odontopyge by earlier authors (see Enghoff 2016a) can be adopted by Damacornu gen. nov., which for the time being remains monotypic.