Parafontaria ishiii Shinohara, 1986

Tanabe, T., 2002, Revision of the millipede genus Parafontaria VerhoeV, 1936 (Diplopoda, Xystodesmidae), Journal of Natural History 36 (18), pp. 2139-2183 : 2151-2154

Parafontaria ishiii Shinohara, 1986

(gures 2, 6C, 10C, D, 13B, 15B, 18, 19) Parafontaria ishiii Shinohara, 1986: 6 , gures 4, 5, male holotype and female paratype ( NSMT,

examined), type locality: Gongenmori, 160 m alt., Nagara-machi, Chousei-gun, Chiba

Prefecture. Murakami, 1993: 99.

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Diagnosis. Similar to P. erythrosoma but diVering in the details of the distal part of the gonopods (gure 10A–D).

Male holotype. Gonopodal characters as follows (gures 6C, 10C, D). Telopodite forming one and a half loops. Femur with mesal tooth, without femoral bend and lateral tooth. Tibiotarsal process small, bifurcate, located near tip, not completely visible in mesal view; apical process truncate; mesal process slender; solenomerite forming small process.

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Colour in life (based on non-type male from type locality). Tergites yellowish white, with grey stripes along paranotal and posterior margins of metatergites and both anterior and posterior margins of collum.

Female paratype. Coxae and sternite of segment 3 modi ed as in gure 13B. Cyphopodal bellows tube soft, not sclerotized, without at region on posterior surface (gure 15B).