Pseudocentrobolus vohibasiensis Wesener & Enghoff & Sierwald 2009, sp. n.
- 1. Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, U. S. A. & Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Museumsmeile Bonn, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany. & B 54 D 3623309
- 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, DK- 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 3. Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, U. S. A.
Description
Pseudocentrobolus vohibasiensis Wesener, sp. n.
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Material examined: 3 ♂ Holotype: 1 ♂ (40 mm long), FMMC 8212, Madagascar, Province Toliara, Forêt de Vohibasia, subhumid forest, 780 m, 22°27.5’ S, 44°50.5’ E, leg. S. Goodman, 10–16.I.1996.
Other material examined : 1 ♂, CAS BLF 7390 (CASENT 9005836), Province Toliara, Forêt Analalava, Ranohira, dry forest on sand, 22°35’30’’ S, 45°7’42’’ E, leg. Fisher, Griswold et al. 1–5.II.2003; 2 ♂ (imm.), CAS BLF 7381, same data as previous, but pitfall trap; 1 ♂, CASENT 9032812, same data as previous, but beating low vegetation.
Differential diagnosis: P. vohibasiensis differs from P. aureus in the colour pattern and the presence of an additional sclerotized process on the posterior gonopods basally to the membranous process (Fig. 36D).
Description. Measurements: male holotype with 38 body rings, circa 40 mm long, 4.3 mm wide.
Coloration faded in alcohol. Antennae and legs reddish (Fig. 36A). Head, collum, mesozona of body rings and anterior part of telson greyish-green (Fig. 36B). Metazona of body rings gold-brown (Fig. 36B).
Antennae protruding back to body ring 4 (Fig. 36A). Male coxal processes absent, but coxae 3–7 swollen (Fig. 36A). Preanal process well-rounded, longer than anal valves (Fig. 36B).
Anterior gonopod sternite elongated into a wide, broadly-rounded lobe (Fig. 36C). Coxite well-developed, in anterior view completely covering telopodite (Fig. 36C). Telopodite process short and well-rounded, laterally curved, not extending beyond telopodite (Fig. 36C).
Posterior gonopod telopodite disc covered with numerous teeth (Fig. 36E). Membranous process large, basally wide, apically slightly tapering (Figs 36D, E). Basally of membranous process with an additional long, finger-shaped process (Fig. 36E).
Distribution and ecology : known from the subhumid forest of Vohibasia and Analava (Fig. 30).
Etymology: vohibasiensis, adjective, after the type locality, Vohibasia.
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Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://zoobank.org/5442A6D8-CF81-4A08-82D1-C3EEEFD037FE
- URL
- http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1772122E7847FF87FF013FD2AC9BE946
- LSID
- urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5442A6D8-CF81-4A08-82D1-C3EEEFD037FE
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CAS , CASENT , FMMC
- Event date
- 1996-01-10 , 2003-02-01
- Family
- Pachybolidae
- Genus
- Pseudocentrobolus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- BLF 7381 , BLF 7390, CASENT 9005836 , CASENT 9032812 , FMMC 8212
- Order
- Spirobolida
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Wesener & Enghoff & Sierwald
- Taxonomic status
- sp. n.
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1996-01-10/16 , 2003-02-01/05
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudocentrobolus Wesener, 2009