Globanus integer (Karsch, 1884)

VandenSpiegel, Didier, Shelley, Rowland M. & Golovatch, Sergei I., 2020, The millipede genus Globanus Attems, 1914, endemic to Sao Tome and Principe, with the description of a new species (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), ZooKeys 930, pp. 61-74 : 61

Globanus integer (Karsch, 1884) Figure 5

Spirostreptus (Nodopyge) integer Karsch 1884: 57-58

Spirostreptus (Nodopyge) molleri Verhoeff 1892: 193-199

Scaphiostreptus molleri Attems 1914: 39

Rhopaloditius molleri Verhoeff 1938: 20

Globanus molleri Attems 1950: 188

Globanus integer : synonymies after Demange (1970).

Material examined.

Type material: 1 ♂ syntype, São Thomé, Greeff leg. (ZMB 933).

Other material: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, São Thomé, Neves, 0°22'N, 06°34'E, in litter, cocoa plantation, 27.X.1999, W. Tavernier leg. (MRAC 18.531); 2 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 2 juv., São Thomé, Morro Provaz Ridge, alt. 1275 m, 0°17 ’20.9” N, 6°35 ’50.9” E, III.2010, B. Drewes leg. (CAS 9032433); 1 ♂, São Thomé, Nova Moca, alt. 920 m, 0°17 ’25.8” N, 6°37 ’58.1” E, 27.II.2010, B. Drewes leg. (CAS 9032435); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, São Thomé, Nova Moca, alt. 920 m, 0°17 ’25.8” N, 6°37 ’58.1” E, 27.II.2010, B. Drewes leg. (CAS 9032485); 8 ♀♀, São Thomé, Nova Moca, alt. 900 m, 0°17 ’25.8” N, 6°37 ’58.1” E; 27.II.2010, B. Drewes leg. (CAS 9032434); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, São Thomé, Nova Moca, alt. 900 m, 0°17 ’25.8” N, 6°37 ’58.1” E, 27.II.2010, B. Drewes leg. (CAS 9032436); 4 ♀♀, São Thomé, Nova Moca, alt. 920 m, 0°17 ’25.8” N, 6°37 ’58.1” E, 27.II.2010, B. Drewes leg. (CAS 9032484); 2 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 1 juv., São Thomé, Nova Moca, alt. 920 m, 0°17 ’25.8” N, 6°37 ’58.1” E, 27.II.2010, B. Drewes leg. (CAS 9036824).

Diagnosis.

Differs from congeners by the absence of a distal proplica spine, telopodite distally stout and with attached, large, plate-like lamellae.

Remark.

The gonopod structure of a topotype (Fig. 5 ) agrees closely with the drawings presented by Spelda (1993).

This species seems to be restricted to São Tomé Island.

Figures

Figure 5. Globanus integer (Karsch, 1884), ♂ topotype. A habitus, lateral view B right gonopod, posterior view C left coxite, posterior view D right telopodite, posterior view. Abbreviations: atp = antetorsal process, bs = basomere, lap = latero-apical process, map = meso-apical metaplical process, mp = metaplica, pp = proplica, ps = proplica spine, px = paracoxite. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 µm (B - D).