Heteropyge Silvestri, 1897

Iniesta, Luiz F. M., Bouzan, Rodrigo S. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2019, On the millipede genus Heteropyge: description of the adults of H. araguayensis and revalidation of H. bidens (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae), Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2019032) 109, pp. 1-13 : 2

Heteropyge Silvestri, 1897

process just before torsion ( Fig. 24 ) and an evident seminal groove running medially on telopodite; solenomere concealed within the lamellar expansion and spirally coiled in one or two complete turns ( Figs 21 , 24, 25 ).

Distribution. Known from the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará and from fragments of Atlantic rain forest in the states of Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, from Paraguay and French Guyana.

Composition. Six species: H. araguayensis ( Schubart, 1947) ; H. bidens ( Schubart, 1947) , herewith revalidated; H. cayennophilus (Silvestri, 1897) ; H. lineolatus ( Attems, 1950) ; H. paraguayensis ( Silvestri, 1895) and H. solitarius ( Attems, 1950) .

Figures

Figs 22−25. Heteropyge araguayensis (Schubart, 1947), stereoscopic images of the left gonopod of male specimen from Pindaíba, Mato Grosso, Brazil (IBSP 540): 22, anterior view; 23, detail of the distal region in anterior view; 24, telopodite; 25, detail of the telopodite. Scale bars: 22, 500 µm; 23, 500 µm; 24, 500 µm; 25, 200 µm.

Figs 18−21. Heteropyge araguayensis (Schubart, 1947), SEM images of the right gonopod of male specimen from Pindaíba, Mato Grosso, Brazil (IBSP 540): 18, anterior view; 19, mesal view (pink: seminal groove [sg]); 20, posterior view; 21, detail of the telopodite (orange: lamellar expansion, blue: spiral solenomere [sls]). Scale bars: Fig. 18, 1 mm; 19, 1 mm; 20, 500 µm; 21, 500 µm.