A new, alpine species of Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 from Tasmania, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae)

By

Mesibov, Robert

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

754

Pages

103-111

Subjects

Australia , Dalodesmidae , Diplopoda , Polydesmida , Tasmania

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.754.25704

 

Abstract

Lissodesmusnivalissp. n.is described from 1450–1550 m elevation on the treeless, alpine Ben Lomond plateau in northeast Tasmania, Australia. The new species is distinguished from all other Tasmanian and VictorianLissodesmusspecies by a unique combination of gonopod telopodite features: solenomere without a pre-apical process, tibiotarsus Y-shaped, femoral process L-shaped with forked tips, prefemoral process with a long comb of teeth below an irregularly dentate apical margin, and a roughened “shoulder process” near the base of the prefemoral process.