Zinophora munda Chamberlin, 1927

Redman, Guy T., Hamer, Michelle L. & Barraclough, David A., 2003, Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species, African Invertebrates 44 (2), pp. 203-277 : 251-253

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Zinophora munda Chamberlin, 1927 View in CoL

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Zinophora munda Chamberlin, 1927: 211 View in CoL ; Attems 1928; Lawrence 1965; Schubart 1966; Demange 1983;

Hamer 1998.

Poratophilus robustus Attems, 1928: 379 View in CoL . Syn. n.

Philoporatia robusta View in CoL ; Lawrence 1965.

Poratophilus (Philoporatia) robustus ; Schubart 1966.

Zinophora robusta View in CoL ; Demange 1983; Hamer 1998.

Type material (examined): Holotype: ZIMBABWE: Matabeleland: 1ơ (exact locality not given), 1909–1915, R. Douglas ( AMNH 4801 View Materials ). The type locality is here set as Zimbabwe , Harare [1731CC].

The Z. robusta type material is on record as being housed in SAMC (Attems 1928), but the types were not found there.

Additional material examined: MOZAMBIQUE: 1ơ, Beira near Xiluva [1934AD] ( NMSA 18946 View Materials ) . SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng: 3ơ, Pretoria [2528CA], xi.1961, Fiedler ( NMSA 8213 View Materials ) . Limpopo: 1ơ, Louis Trichardt [2329BB], 23.iii.? ( SAMC-ENWB004080 ) . ZIMBABWE: 2ơ1^, Salisbury [1731CC], xii.1961, P. Hulley ( NMSA 8259 View Materials ) ; 1ơ1^, Inyanga Forest [1832BD], i.1955 ( NMSA 19341 View Materials ) .

Diagnosis: One femoral spine present, this long, strongly curved medially, with apex resting on opposite gonopod and passing below lobes of posterior telocoxal fold ( Figs 136, 138 View Figs 136–141 ). Thumb branching off from base of pectinophore, tapering apically and curved towards second lamella ( Figs 139, 140 View Figs 136–141 ). Medial margin of posterior telocoxal fold extended into triangular lobe. Lateral margin of posterior telocoxal fold with protuberance with shallow depression ( Figs 136, 137 View Figs 136–141 ). Anterior telocoxal fold bearing long, simple, moderately curved, slender and apically acute medially directed telocoxal spine ( Fig. 137 View Figs 136–141 ).

Description:

Dimensions: Difficult to obtain for type specimen (disarticulated). Males, n = 3; female, n = 1. Body width 6.3, 7.5–9.1, female 9.2; collum width 8.0, 7.5–8.5, female 9.0; body length 87.0–100.0, female 90.0; leg length 4.5, 4.8–5.7, female 4.6; antenna length 6.0–7.0, female 6.0.

Number of segments: 42–47, female 48.

Colour: Head and clypeus light brown to yellow. Collum light brown, with strip of yellow along anterior and posterior margins. Prozonites and mesozonites light brown. Metazonites dark brown. Pre-anal ring and anal valve light brown. Tip of caudal spine dark brown. Legs and antennae light brown to yellow.

First ozopore: Segment 6.

Collum: Anterior corner with angle of about 80˚, and with broadly rounded projection directed ventrally ( Fig. 141 View Figs 136–141 ).

Gonopods: Telopodite with one long, strongly curved femoral spine with apex resting on opposite gonopod and passing below lobes of posterior telocoxal fold ( Fig. 136 View Figs 136–141 ). Thumb branching off from base of pectinophore, tapering apically and curled towards second lamella. Pectinophore rounded and widening apically ( Figs 139, 140 View Figs 136–141 ). Second lamella a thin hyaline plate, narrow at base, broadening and curling outwards apically ( Fig. 140 View Figs 136–141 ). Anterior telocoxal fold bearing long, tapered, moderately curved, simple telocoxal spine, directed medially ( Fig. 137 View Figs 136–141 ). Medial margin of posterior telocoxal fold extended into triangular lobe passing just above telocoxal spine. Distally, lateral surface of posterior telocoxal fold with protuberance with shallow depression along outer margin ( Figs 136, 137 View Figs 136–141 ).

Pre-anal ring: Caudal spine not sharply hooked and may be broken. Caudal spine just surpassing posterior margin of anal valve.

Distribution: Current records are from the northern part of the subregion Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa ( Fig. 2 View Fig ).

Remarks: Z. munda may easily be confused with Z. sabulosa , but the two species can be separated by the shape of the telocoxal spine. After careful examination of the gonopods of the type material of Z. munda and the NMSA Z. robusta material (legitimised by Attems (1928)), it was concluded that the Z. robusta material is identical to Z. munda .