Odontopeltis aleijadinho, Pena-Barbosa & Sierwald & Brescovit, 2013

Pena-Barbosa, João P. P., Sierwald, Petra & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2013, On the largest chelodesmid millipedes: taxonomic review and cladistic analysis of the genus Odontopeltis Pocock, 1894 (Diplopoda; Polydesmida; Chelodesmidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (4), pp. 737-764 : 760-761

ODONTOPELTIS ALEIJADINHO SP. NOV.

FIGURES 80–82 , 87

Type material: Male holotype from Parque Estadual do Rio Doce , Timóteo (19°34′58′′S, 38°38′W), Minas Gerais, Brazil, 17−21.xi.2008, I. S. Oliveira coll., deposited in IBSP, catalog number 1542 .

Paratype: One male ( IBSP 2853 ) and one female ( IBSP 3630 ) from the same locality .

Etymology: The species epithet is a noun in apposition, a patronym in honour of Antônio Francisco Lisboa, nickname Aleijadinho, one of the most important artists of the Baroque, and who came from Minas Gerais.

Diagnosis: Males of Odontopeltis aleijadinho differ from other species of the genus by the rounded tip of process B. In both Odontopeltis aleijadinho and Odontopeltis anchisteus process A possesses a fold: in Odontopeltis anchisteus this fold is positioned api- cally, whereas in Odontopeltis aleijadinho the fold is at the base ( Figs 80, 82 ). Odontopeltis tiradentes and Odontopeltis aleijadinho both possess a subtriangular process A with small apical undulations.

Description: Male (holotype, IBSP 1542): Head and body black. Paranota tip and telson yellow. Legs black. Paranotal teeth formula: 0-0-0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-3-4- 3-3-1-1. Total length 86. Collum 4 long, 13 wide. Antenna: 2.3, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.5. Genital opening 1.9 long, 3.3 wide. Telson 1.8. Coxae of gonopods with a spiniform process. Prefemoral region 3 × longer than femoral region. Macrobristles on an inclined line with the distance between them less than half the length of the bristle itself. Process A without apical process, only with small ripples (ventral view, Fig. 81 ). Median projection of the solenomere well developed, but not surpassing tip of solenomere ( Fig. 81 ).

Female (paratype, IBSP 3630): Coloration as in male. Paranotal teeth formula: 0-0-0-0-2-2-3-2-3-3-2- 3-3-2-3-3-2-1-1. Total length 87. Collum 5 long, 12 wide. Antenna: 2.2, 2.0, 2.0, 1.9, 1.9. Telson 1.8.

Distribution: Know only from the type locality.

Figures

Figures 80–85. Gonopods of Odontopeltis, left gonopod illustrated. Figures 80–82. Odontopeltis aleijadinho sp. nov. Figure 80. Mesal view. Figure 81. Ventral view. Figure 82. Ectal view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm. Figures 83–85. Odontopeltis xica sp. nov. Figure 83. Mesal view. Figure 84. Ventral view. Figure 85. Ectal view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

Figures 86, 87. Distribution map of Odontopeltis species. Figure 86. States: Rio Grande do Sul to Espírito Santo: Odontopeltis anchisteus, Odontopeltis clarazianus, Odontopeltis conspersus, and Odontopeltis giganteus (Espirito Santo). Figure 87. State: Minas Gerais: Odontopeltis tiradentes sp. nov., Odontopeltis donabeja sp. nov., Odontopeltis aleijadinho sp. nov., and Odontopeltis xica sp. nov.