Pachybolus tectus Cook, 1897

Enghoff, Henrik, 2011, East African giant millipedes of the tribe Pachybolini (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae), Zootaxa 2753, pp. 1-41 : 30

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Pachybolus tectus Cook, 1897
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Pachybolus tectus Cook, 1897 View in CoL

Figs 58–65 View FIGURES 58 – 72 , 84 View FIGURE 84

Material examined: none, and none is known to exist. Cook (1899) gave the type repository as “Hamburg Museum” from where the specimen, however, is missing ( Weidner 1960). All we have therefore is Cook’s original description and illustrations (reproduced here as Figs 58–65 View FIGURES 58 – 72 ). According to Cook, the P. tectus male is ca. 150 mm long, ca. 15 mm in diameter and has 55 ‘segments’ (which presumably means a body ring formula 54+0+T). The anterior gonopods ( Figs 61–63 View FIGURES 58 – 72 ) have a tall sternal projection, the coxites seem to be smoothly rounded, the telopodites overlap but have no distinct mesal process; distally they are narrowed and form a rounded process somewhat similar to that seen in Hyperbolus species. The posterior gonopod ( Figs 64–65 View FIGURES 58 – 72 ) seems to have a basal laminate process and is otherwise quite slender, without distinct processes, lamellae etc. The female is unknown.

Distribution. Only known from Zanzibar ( Fig. 84 View FIGURE 84 )

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