Diplomaragna hokkaidensis ( Verhoeff, 1939 )

Mikhaljova, Elena V. & Korsós, Zoltán, 2015, Review of the millipede family Diplomaragnidae of Japan, with description of a new species and the restoration of the combination Diplomaragna hokkaidensis (Verhoeff, 1939) (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Diplomaragnidae), Zootaxa 3914 (5), pp. 569-576 : 570

Diplomaragna hokkaidensis ( Verhoeff, 1939)

Syntelopodeuma hokkaidense Verhoeff 1939: 113 –116, figs 1–4.

Syntelopodeuma hokkaidense— Takakuwa 1954: 127 –128, fig. 145; Miyosi 1959: 53, 126, 219, pl. 12: figs 174, 174'. Diplomaragna hokkaidensis — Shear 1990: 32.

Maritimosoma hokkaidense— Mikhaljova 2000: 177.

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido Island: Rumoi Sub-prefecture).

Remarks. The species was originally described in Syntelopodeuma from Hokkaido Island (Rumoi), Japan ( Verhoeff 1939), and later transferred to the genus Diplomaragna ( Shear 1990) . Mikhaljova (2000) put it in her newly erected genus Maritimosoma Mikhaljova, 2000 . However, taking into account the structure of gonopods of this species (especially the lack of posterior gonopod mesal processes, the presence of which is one of the main distinguishing characters of species of Maritimosoma ), morphological similarities with other Hokkaido species of Diplopmaragna and the geographical evidence, here we refer to it again as belonging to Diplopmaragna.