Dawydoffia kalonota Attems, 1953

Wesener, Thomas, Moritz, Leif & Akkari, Nesrine, 2023, Integrative redescription of the sucking millipede genus Dawydoffia Attems, 1953 with a description of a new species and a transfer to the family Hirudisomatidae (Diplopoda, Polyzoniida), Zootaxa 5263 (3), pp. 411-429 : 419

Dawydoffia kalonota Attems, 1953

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Dawydoffia kalonota Attems, 1953: 196 , plate 15 (description)

Dawydoffia kalonota Jeekel 1971: 38 (list)

Dawydoffia kalonota Enghoff et al. 2004: 33 (list).

Material examined:

NHMW: " Dawydoffia kalonota Attems, 1953 / a) Fan-Si-Pan/ b) Chapa/leg. Dawydoff / rev. Hoffman 1988/ Syntypen, 2 serien", Vietnam :

Tube 1: " Dawydoffia kalonota / Chapa, Dawydoff 49" paralectotype ♁ missing head, anterior leg pairs and gonopods, paralectotype ♀, and a mid-body section ( NHMW MY10335 ); dissected gonopods lose in the tube ( NHMW MY10334 ) .

Tube 2: " Dawydoffia kalonota / Fan-Si-Pan, Dawydoff 49": 2 paralectotype ♀♀ ( NHMW MY10338 ); lectotype ♁ broken, with gonopods attached to the body ( NHMW MY10339 , here designated) .

Micro-preparations: (1) micro preparation NHMW MY10336 " Dawydoffia / kalonota /Chapa/Dawydoff 49": paralectotype ♁, dissected head with antenna, 10 posterior-most rings in ventral view, 2-3 mid-body tergites; (2) micropreparation NHMW MY2259 " Dawydoffia / kalonota /Chapa/Dawydoff 49": paralectotype ♁, gonopods; (3) micropreparation NHMW MY10337 " Dawydoffia kalonota : paralectotypes ♁ 1.-4Bp/ ♀ gnath/Chapa": leg-pairs, gnathochilarium.

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FIGURE 4. Dawydoffia kalonota Attems, 1953 paralectotypes (Fan Si Pan and Chapa): A. ♀, Head and anterior body rings (NHMW MY10338), lateral view. B–E ♀ from Chapa (NHMW MY10335): B. Entire specimen, ventral view; C. Mid-body section of a broken specimen from Chapa showing ozopores (NHMW MY10335). D. Closeup of the head showing ommatidia and first antennal articles. E. Posterior body rings showing anal valves by transparency, dorsal view.

FIGURE 5. Dawydoffia kalonota Attems, 1953, paralectotypes from Chapa, micro-preparations: A & B: (NHMW MY10336) types illustrated by Attems: A. First pair of legs. B. Posterior rings and anal valves of syntype. C, D and G: Anterior and posterior gonopods (recent micro-preparation, NHMW MY10334): C. Posterior view. D. Anterior view. G. Right posterior gonopod details. E–F: Gonopods of the type illustrated by Attems (NHMW MY2259): E. Anterior gonopod, showing 6 podomeres. F. Posterior gonopod. Abbreviations: aG = anterior gonopod; pG = posterior gonopod.