Antichiropus verutus Car, 2019

Car, Catherine A., Harvey, Mark S., Hillyer, Mia J. & Huey, Joel A., 2019, The millipede genus Antichiropus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), part 3: species of the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia, Zootaxa 4617 (1), pp. 1-71 : 63-64

Antichiropus verutus Car , n. sp.

( Figs 39 A–F, 41)

ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:056AF651-0666-4EA0-9240-815B67C982B1

Type material examined. Australia: Western Australia: holotype male (badly damaged) Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P10, 23°23’40.32”S, 119°37’54.59”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAMT146806 ) . Paratypes: 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 17–P2, 23°24’16.47”S, 119°37’29.73”E, 12 March–20 May 2010, pitfall trap, ridge base, J. Gollan ( WAM T104727 ) ; 1 male, 3 females (damaged), Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P10, 23°23’40.32”S, 119°37’54.59”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104765 ) .

Other material examined. Australia: Western Australia: 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 20-P3, 23°23’41.97”S, 119°35’29.27”E, 12 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104715 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735851 ) ; 1 female, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 13-P1, 23°23’40.39”S, 119°38’20.27”E, 12 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, gully, J. Gollan ( WAM T104721 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735852 ); 1 male (damaged), Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 13-P1, 23°23’40.39”S, 119°38’20.27”E, 12 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, gully, J. Gollan ( WAM T104722 , Gen- Bank accession number COI, MK 735853 ) ; 1 male (damaged), Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P5, 23°23’40.06”S, 119°37’54.36”E, 13 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104724 , GenBank accession number 12S, MK 735747 ; 28S, MK 735811 ; COIII, MK 735930 ; CytB, MK 735983 ) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P6, 23°23’40.15”S, 119°37’54.00”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104725 ) ; 1 female, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 17–P2, 23°24’16.47”S, 119°37’29.73”E, 12 March–20 May 2010, pitfall trap, ridge base, J. Gollan ( WAM T104726 ) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 17-P2, 23°24’16.47”S, 119°37’29.73”E, 12 March –20 May 2010, pitfall trap, ridge base, J. Gollan ( WAM T104728 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735854 ) ; 1 female, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 13-P10, 23°23’40.24”S, 119°38’21.13”E, 12 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, gully, J. Gollan ( WAM T104729 ) ; 1 male (damaged), Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 7–P2, 23°24’18.92”S, 119°37’20.44”E, 14 March–20 May 2010, pitfall trap, slope with mulga, J. Gollan ( WAM T104731 ) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1-P3, 23°23’39.95”S, 119°37’53.63”E, 13 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104733 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735855 ) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1-P3, 23°23’39.95”S, 119°37’53.63”E, 13 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104734 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735856 ) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P4, 23°23’39.70”S, 119°37’54.12”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope J. Gollan ( WAM T104757 ) ; 1 female ( WAM T104758 ) and 1 female ( WAM T104759 ) details as for WAM T104757 ; 1 male (damaged), Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P9, 23°23’40.09”S, 119°37’55.13”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104767 , GenBank accession number 12S, MK 735748 ; 28S, MK 735812 ; COIII, MK 735931 ; CytB, MK 735984 ) ; 1 female, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P9, 23°23’40.09”S, 119°37’55.13”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104768 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735857 ) 1 male Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P9, 23°23’40.09”S, 119°37’55.13”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104769 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735858 ) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P9, 23°23’40.09”S, 119°37’55.13”E, 13 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104770 ) ; 1 female, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P9, 23°23’40.09”S, 119°37’55.13”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104771 , GenBank accession number 12S, MK 735749 ; 28S, MK 735813 ; COIII, MK 735932 ; CytB, MK 735985 ) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P9, 23°23’40.09”S, 119°37’55.13”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104772 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735859 ) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P9, 23°23’40.09”S, 119°37’55.13”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104773 , GenBank accession number COI, MK 735860 ) ; 1 female, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 3–P6, 23°24’17.87”S, 119°36’18.99”E, 14 March–20 May 2010, pitfall trap, gully, J. Gollan ( WAM T104775 ) ; 1 female, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 1–P2, 23°23’39.71”S, 119°37’53.78”E, 13 March–19 May 2010, pitfall trap, rocky slope, J. Gollan ( WAM T104783 ) . 1 male (damaged), Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 13-P10, 23°23’40.24”S, 119°38’21.13”E, 12 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, gully, J. Gollan ( WAM T 112607) ; 1 male, Orebody 35, ca. 8 km W of Newman, site 13-P10, 23°23’40.24”S, 119°38’21.13”E, 12 March –19 May 2010, pitfall trap, gully, J. Gollan ( WAM T146749 )

Diagnosis. Gonopod: Antichiropus verutus Car , n. sp. is easily distinguished from all other Pilbara species as it has a combination of unique features: the prolongation of femorite is tiny, triangular, the second femoral process (fp1) is long and points away from the main femoral process, at right angles to acropodite and the solenomere is short and broad, with a flat, broadly pointed tip.

Description. Male holotype: Body ca. 15 mm long, smooth; midbody ring ca. 1.5 mm wide, with shallow, smooth waist, prozonite and metazonite of similar width.

Colour (in alcohol) dark brown ( Fig 39A ): leg colour, dark. No paranota ( Fig 39B ). Sternites without obvious processes/tubercles, sternal lamella medium width, heart-shaped. Leg coxal processes absent. Anterior spiracles at midbody, small, ovoid, flat.

Head smooth without noticeable sculpturing; frons smooth with very few setae; face medium broad, maximum width ca. 4 x the distance between antennal sockets; sockets separated by ca. 2x width of socket.

Antennae of moderate length, reaching to ring 2, slender, segments of similar length and width,

Collum slightly shorter than head (lateral view) ( Fig 39A ).

Figures

FIGURE 39. Antichiropus verutus Car, n. sp., holotype male (WAM T146806): A–B, habitus: A, lateral view; B, dorsal view; C–F, left gonopod: C, posterior view; D, anterior view; E, medial view; F, lateral view. Abbreviations: C, coxa; F, femorite; MFP, main femoral process; PF, prefemur; prof, prolongation of femorite; S, solenomere; sp1, solenomere process 1. Scale bars: A = 2 mm; B = 1 mm; C–F = 0.5 mm.