On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), XIV

Abstract

This contribution is devoted to new records of a few known, and to descriptions of the following nine new, species from China: Gonobelus pentaspinus sp.n., Kronopolites semirugosus sp.n., Hedinomorpha nigra sp.n., Sellanucheza typica sp.n., Sigipinius complex sp.n. and S. simplex sp.n., all from Sichuan, S. kabaki sp.n. from Xinjiang, as well as S. campanuliformis sp.n. and Hedinomorpha subnigra sp.n., both latter species from Yunnan. The diagnosis and systematic position of Sigipinius Hoffman, 1961 are refined, the type species, S. grahami Hoffman, 1961, is redescribed, based on abundant near-topotype material, whereas this genus is transferred to the tribe Sundaninini, comb.n., and considered as a new subjective senior synonym of Chinomorpha Golovatch, 2011, syn.n. Keys to all currently known eight, six and six species of Hedinomorpha Verhoeff, 1933, Sellanucheza Enghoff, Golovatch et Nguyen Duc, 2004 and Sigipinius are given, respectively. Additional records of Inversispina erectispina Golovatch, 2012 are presented from Sichuan, with remarks on variability. ÐÅÇÞÌÅ. Äàííîå ñîîáùåíèå ïîñâÿùåíî íàõîäêàì íåñêîëüêèõ èçâåñòíûõ, à òàêaeå îïèñàíèÿì ñëåäóþùèõ äåâÿòè íîâûõ âèäîâ èç Êèòàÿ: Gonobelus pentaspinus sp.n., Kronopolites semirugosus sp.n., Hedinomorpha nigra sp.n., Sellanucheza typica sp.n., Sigipinius complex sp.n. è S. simplex sp.n., âñå èç Ñû÷óàíè, S. kabaki sp.n. èç Ñèíüçÿíÿ, à òàêaeå S. campanuliformis sp.n. è Hedinomorpha subnigra sp.n., îáà ïîñëåäíèõ âèäà èç Þííàíè. Óòî÷íåíû äèàãíîç è ñèñòåìàòè-÷åñêîå ïîëîaeåíèå ðîäà Sigipinius Hoffman, 1961, ïî ïî÷òè òîïîòèïàì ïåðåîïèñàí òèïîâîé âèä S. grahami Hoffman, 1961, à ñàì ðîä ïåðåíåñåí â ñîñòàâ òðèáû Sundaninini, comb.n., è ñ÷èòàåòñÿ íîâûì ñóáúåêòèâíûì ñòàðøèì ñèíîíèìîì ðîäà Chinomorpha Golovatch, 2011, syn.n. Äàíû êëþ÷è ñîîòâåòñòâåííî äëÿ âñåõ âîñüìè, øåñòè è øåñòè íûíå èçâåñòíûõ âèäîâ ðîäîâ Hedinomorpha Verhoeff, 1933, Sellanucheza Enghoff, Golovatch et Nguyen Duc, 2004 and Sigipinius. Ïðåäñòàâëåíû íîâûå íàõîäêè âèäà Inversispina erectispina Golovatch, 2012 â Ñû÷óàíè ñ çàìå÷àíèÿìè î åãî èçìåí÷èâîñòè.

Review of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Antheromorpha Jeekel, 1968 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

“…This species was described from the ♂ holotype (kept in Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, Germany) from Gaoligong Shan Moutains, south of Pianma, 25°58'N, 98°40'E, 1600–1700 m a.s.l., Yunnan Province, China (Golovatch 2013a), a little later reported (1 ♂, 1 ♀, deposited in the National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria) nearly from the same place (Golovatch 2013b). Even though both these Yunnan localities (Fig.…”

“…The available descriptions (Golovatch 2013a, 2013b) of this species were sufficiently detailed to necessitate only a few notes on variation and some new illustrations (Figs 13–15) to show coloration, certain structural details and the gonopod conformation based on new material. This species was described from the ♂ holotype (kept in Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, Germany) from Gaoligong Shan Moutains, south of Pianma, 25°58'N, 98°40'E, 1600–1700 m a.s.l., Yunnan Province, China (Golovatch 2013a), a little later reported (1 ♂, 1 ♀, deposited in the National Natural History Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria) nearly from the same place (Golovatch 2013b).…”

“…The only subsequent addition to the list seems to be Antheromorpha rosea Golovatch, 2013, the first species of the genus to be reported from southern China, yet not placed into any of the species groups (Golovatch 2013a, 2013b). …”

Review of the millipede genus Kronopolites Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with the description of a new species from Laos

“…This species was described from NW of Mianning, 2955 m a.s.l., 28°39'13"N, 101°58'34"E, Sichuan Province, China (Golovatch 2013b). …”

“…This genus belongs to the mainly Southeast Asian tribe Sulciferini in the family Paradoxosomatidae which is one of the largest families in the entire class Diplopoda, dominating the millipede fauna of Indo-Australia (Jeekel 1968, Nguyen and Sierwald 2013). The genus Kronopolites currently contains 10 described species (Golovatch 2013a, 2013b, 2014): Kronopolites swinhoei (Pocock, 1895), the type-species which is widespread in central and southeastern China, Kronopolites acuminatus Attems, 1937, from northern Vietnam, Kronopolites formosanus (Verhoeff, 1939), from northern Taiwan, Kronopolites biagrilectus Hoffman, 1963, from Jiangxi Province, China, Kronopolites fuscocingulatus Jeekel, 1982, from northern Thailand, Kronopolites occidentalis Golovatch, 1983, from the Kashmir Himalaya, India, Kronopolites montanus Golovatch, 2009, from northern Vietnam, Kronopolites rugosus Golovatch, 2013 and Kronopolites davidiani Golovatch, 2014, both from Yunnan Province, China, as well as Kronopolites semirugosus Golovatch, 2013 from Sichuan Province, China.…”