Arthrosolaenomeris curupira, Bouzan & Iniesta & Brescovit, 2021

Bouzan, Rodrigo Salvador, Iniesta, Luiz Felipe M. & Brescovit, Antonio Domingos, 2021, Cladistic analysis and taxonomic review of the millipede tribe Arthrosolaenomeridini Hoffman, 1976 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), Zootaxa 4970 (2), pp. 201-256 : 216-219

Arthrosolaenomeris curupira n. sp.

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Type material. Male holotype from Nova Xavantina (14°40’24”S, 52°21’11”W), Mato Grosso, Brazil, XI.1949, Instituto Butantan Expedition coll., deposited in IBSP 59 . Paratype: one male with the same data of the holotype, deposited in IBSP 7786 .

Diagnosis. Adult males differ from all other species of the genus by the combination of the following characters: short (about half the length of secondary processes categorized as “elongated”) secondary process of the prefemoral process ( Fig. 7D ) and presence of a lateral row of macrosetae in the gonocoxae, in mesal view ( Fig. 7D ).

Description. Male (Holotype, IBSP 59). Coloration (long-preserved in 70% ethanol): Head and antennae ochre. Body ocher with the edge of the paranota yellow whitish ( Figs 7A–C ). Legs ocher whitish. Telson ocher. Total length: 59.40. Total width: 9.76. Collum, length 2.98, width 9.56 Antennomere lengths (1>7): 0.69; 1.85; 1.50; 1.37; 1.38; 1.55; 0.37. Podomeres lengths (1>7): 0.89; 1.33; 2.84; 1.18; 1.59; 1.99; 0.45. Gonopod aperture, length 1.55, width 3.03. Telson, length 1.68. Gonopod: length 3.17, width 1.88. Gonocoxae: length 0.90, width 1.03. Telopodite: length 3.04, width 0.90. Prefemoral region 1/3 the size of telopodite. Prefemoral process ( Fig. 7D ) length, broad and without indentations, presenting a dorso-basal lobe, starting from an angle of 135°, ascending parallel to the solenomere and partially covering it in mesal view, in the middle part of the process presents a short trianguliform secondary process, acute apex ( Fig. 7D ). Solenomere long and narrow ( Fig. 7F ). Cingulum positioned centroposteriorly ( Fig. 7F ). Apex of the solenomere acute and abruptly descending ( Fig. 7F ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality ( Fig. 11 ).

Etymology. The species epithet is a reference of the Brazilian folkloric character “Curupira”. According to the indigenous legend, Curupira is the protector of the Brazilian forests. Noun in apposition.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Arthrosolaenomeris curupira n. sp. (holotype, IBSP 59), dorsal views of anterior (A), midbody (B) and posterior (C) body rings. Scale bars: 2 mm. Left gonopod. (D), mesal view; (E), ventral view; (F), ectal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.Abbreviations: C, cingulum; PfP, prefemoral process; S, solenomere; SPr, secondary process of the prefemoral process.

FIGURE 11. Distribution map of Arthrosolaenomeris Schubart, 1943 species.