Polyplectropus manuensis, Chamorro & Holzenthal, 2010

Chamorro, Maria Lourdes & Holzenthal, Ralph W., 2010, 2582, Zootaxa 2582, pp. 1-252 : 130-131

Polyplectropus manuensis species group, newly recognized

The male genitalia of the 3 species included in this group are homogeneous, with the exception of the shape of the mesoventral process of the preanal appendage and to a lesser extent the shape of the ventral branch of the inferior appendage. The P. manuensis group is characterized by the combined possession of the following traits ( Figs. 64–66):

1. A small, bulbous intermediate appendage located laterad almost at the base of the mesolateral lobe of the preanal appendage;

2. Pronounced lower lip of segment X;

3. Basally fused mesoventral processes of the preanal appendage;

4. Mesoventral process of preanal appendage not curved or hooked, but more or less at 45° angle;

5. Presence of an elongate, sclerotized, cylindrical dorsolateral process of the preanal appendage;

6. Dorsolateral process of preanal appendage basally curving mesally then laterally (less so in P.manuensis ); 7. Mesal margin of dorsal branch of inferior appendage with internal flange;

8. Dorsal branch oblong, narrow and directed almost at a 90 degree angle;

9. Ventral branch small, almost indistinguishable from dorsal branch (in lateral view).