Arthrosolaenomeris caipora, 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 : 219-220

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4761579

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scientific name

Arthrosolaenomeris caipora
status

sp. nov.

Arthrosolaenomeris caipora View in CoL n. sp.

Figures 8 View FIGURE 8 , 11 View FIGURE 11

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Type material. Male holotype from Usina Hidrelétrica Guaporé (15°07’00”S, 58°58’00”W), Vale São Domingos and Pontes de Lacerda, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 08.X.2002, I. Knysak coll., deposited in IBSP 1569 View Materials GoogleMaps .

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. 8D View FIGURE 8 ), absence of a lateral row of macrosetae in the gonocoxae, in mesal view ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ) and prefemoral process with a more flat aspect in relation to the other species of the genus ( Fig. 8E View FIGURE 8 ).

Description. Male (Holotype, IBSP 1569). Coloration (long-preserved in 70% ethanol): Head and antennae ocher whitish. Body ocher and paranota tip with the same color as the body ( Figs8A–C View FIGURE 8 ). Legs ocher whitish. Telson ocher. Total length: 47.78. Total width: 7.06. Collum, length 2.07, width 6.69. Antennomere lengths (1>7): 0.60; 1.34; 1.39; 1.26; 1.44; 1.37; 0.20. Podomeres lengths (1>7): 0.67; 1.00; 1.96; 0.848; 1.09; 1.48; 0.47. Gonopod aperture, length 1.23, width 2.08. Telson, length 1.07. Gonopod: length 2.00, width 1.65. Gonocoxae: length 0.74, width 1.03. Telopodite: length 1.98, width 0.63. Prefemoral region 1/3 the size of telopodite. Prefemoral process ( Figs 8D–F View FIGURE 8 ) long and ventrally wide, presenting a dorso-basal lobe, starting from an angle of 135°, ascending parallel to the solenomere and partially covering it in ventral view, in the middle part of the process presents a short secondary process in oval form ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ). Prefemoral process ending in an acute apex ( Figs 8D–E View FIGURE 8 ). Solenomere long, but not reaching the apex of the prefemoral process ( Fig. 8F View FIGURE 8 ). Cingulum in medial position ( Fig. 8F View FIGURE 8 ). Apex of the solenomere abruptly descending ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 ).

Female. Unknown.

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

Etymology. The species epithet is a reference of the Brazilian folkloric character “Caipora”. According to the indigenous legend, Caipora is considered the protector of the animals and guardian of the forests. Its origin is in the Tupi-Guarani indigenous mythology and means “inhabitant of the bush” in the Tupi language. Noun in apposition.

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