Rhinocricus sooretama, Rodrigues & Rodrigues & Ott, 2018

Rodrigues, Patrícia E. S., Rodrigues, Everton N. L. & Ott, Ricardo, 2018, Four new species of Rhinocricus (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae) from Brazil, Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e 2018031) 108, pp. 1-5 : 1-2

Rhinocricus sooretama sp. nov.

( Figs 1-3 , 7, 8 )

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Type material. Male holotype from Sooretama, 19°11’49”S, 40°05’52”W, Espírito Santo, Brazil, 24.II.2011, A. Fabian leg. (MCN 1178). Paratypes: nine ♂ and eight ♀, same data as the holotype (MCN 1179) .

Etymology. The specific name is a noUn in apposition, taken from the type locality.

Diagnosis. Rhinocricus sooretama sp. nov. resembles R. klossae Schubart, 1958 (see SCHUBART, 1958b:6, figs 5-7) and R. punctatofasciatus Schubart, 1958 (see SCHUBART, 1958a:229, figs 23-26) by the shape of the posterior gonopod with the inner edge of the external branch showing a needle-shaped terminal process ( Fig. 3 ), bUt differs from these species by the sternite of the anterior gonopod carrying a rounded projection at the tip ( Figs 1, 2 ).

Description. Male holotype ( Figs 7, 8 ) with 64 rings. Length 76. Width 6. General coloration yellowish brown. Clypeus with spaced 2-2 supra-labral setae. Collum with yellowish margins and ventro-lateral rounded borders. Prozonites yellowish brown; metazonites brown with posterior margins yellowish. Ocelli black, arranged in six rows. Ozopores beginning at the sixth ring. Scobinae semicircular beginning at sixth ring.Third and fourth pairs of legs with elongated coxae. Telson brown ( Fig. 8 ) with epiproct elongated surpassing the paraprocts. Hypoproct semicircular.

Anterior gonopod ( Figs 1, 2 ) with subtriangular sternite longer than wide, tip pointed. Sternite shorter than telopodite, longer than coxite. Coxite with internal obtuse lobe shorter than telopodite. Telopodite with scarcely evident lobe ( Fig. 2 ).

Posterior gonopod ( Fig. 3 ). Solenomere distally pointed, longer than external branch. External branch lamellate, internally with needle shaped process and externally rounded.

Female paratype with 59 rings. Length 81. Width 7. General coloration yellowish brown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Sooretama, state of Espírito Santo, Southeast Brazil.

Figures

Figs 1-3. Rhinocricus sooretama sp. nov. Figs 1, 2, anterior gonopod: 1, anterior view; 2, posterior view. Fig. 3, posterior gonopod (cx, coxite; st, sternite; sl, solenomere; tp, telopodite; eb, external branch; lb, lobe of telopodite; tip, apice of coxite). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

Figs 7-10. Rhinocricus sooretama sp. nov. Figs 7, 8, holotype ♂, lateral view: 7, anterior rings; 8, posterior rings. Figs 9, 10, Rhinocricus bifurcatus holotype ♂, lateral view: 9, anterior rings; 10, posterior rings (co, collUm; II, second ring; III, third ring; IV, foUr ring; V, five ring; IV, six ring; par, paraproct; ep, epiproct; hyp, hypoproct). Scale bar = 2.0 mm.