Hoffmanides dissutus ( Hoffman, 1963 )

Enghoff, Henrik, 2022, Mountains of millipedes. The family Odontopygidae in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida), European Journal of Taxonomy 803, pp. 1-136 : 62-63

Hoffmanides dissutus ( Hoffman, 1963)

Spinotarsus dissutus Hoffman, 1963 .

Hoffmanides dissutus – Kraus 1966: 135.

New material examined

TANZANIA • 1 ♂; Morogoro region, Matombo 45 km S of Morogoro; 4 Feb. 1987; Mahunka and Zicsi leg.; sifted material from the debris accumulated near the entrance of a cave - later extracted in Moczarsky-Winkler bag; HNHM diplo-03045 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Kimboza FR ; 07°2′ S, 37°47′ E; 31 Mar. 1989; A. Zicsi leg.; HNHM diplo-03046 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv.; Morogoro Region, Kilombero District, Udzungwa Mountains National Park ; 07°50′57″ S, 36°53′01″ E; 325 m a.s.l.; 2 Mar. 2020; A. Ngute and A.R. Marshall leg.; NHMD 621739 , NHMD 621740 ; ACC.NO. 2020-EN-002) 0149 • 6 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; Morogoro Region, Kilombero District, Magombera Nature Reserve ; 07°48′ 53″–7°49′28″ S, 36°58′ 03″– 7°58′55″ E; 271–282 m a.s.l.; 31 Jan.–5 Mar. 2020; A. Ngute and A.R. Marshall leg.; NHMD 621741 , NHMD 621742 , NHMD 621743 ; ACC.NO. 2020-EN-00 .

Distribution

Previous Eastern Arc records: Morogoro Region, Uluguru Mts, Morningside ( Enghoff et al. 2016); Iringa-Morogoro regions, Udzungwa National Park, 350 m a.s.l. (Enghoff 2018).

General distribution: Probably an Eastern Arc endemic (cf. Enghoff 2018).