Abstract:
The millipede genus Sinocallipus is reviewed, with four new cave-dwelling species, Sinocallipus catba, Sinocallipus deharvengi, Sinocallipus jaegeri and Sinocallipus steineri, being described from caves in Laos and Vietnam. With the new records the number of species in the genus reaches six and the genus range is extended to Central Vietnam and North and Central Laos. Both, Sinocallipus jaegeri from Khammouan Province in Laos and Sinocallipus simplipodicus Zhang, 1993 from Yunnan, China, show high level of reduction of eyes, which has not been recorded in other Callipodida. Peripheral characters such as the relative lengths of antennomeres, the number of ocelli, the number of pleurotergites or even the shape of paraprocts and the coloration seem to provide more information for the distinction of the species than do the relatively uniform gonopods. The differences in gonopods mainly concern the shape and length of cannula, the length and shape of coxal processes g and k, and the number of the acicular projections of the femoroid. An explanation is offered for the function of the trochanteral lobe of 9th leg-pair. It provides mechanical support for the cannula and seems to assist sperm charge and insemination during copulation. An identification key to the species in the genus is produced to accommodate the new species. The new species descriptions were automatically exported at the time of publication to a wiki (www.species-id.net) through a specially designed software tool, the Pensoft Wiki Convertor (PWC), implemented here for the first time together with a newly proposed citation mechanism for simultaneous journal/wiki publications.
摘要:
对千足虫属中国大陆进行了综述,有四个新的洞穴居住物种,中国人Catba,中国大陆,中华大教堂和中华大教堂,来自老挝和越南的洞穴。随着新记录的出现,该属的物种数量达到6个,并且该属的范围扩展到越南中部以及老挝北部和中部。两者,来自老挝Khammouan省的Sinocallipusjaegeri和SinocallipossimplipodicusZhang,1993年来自云南,中国,显示高度的眼睛减少,这在其他Callipodida中没有记录。外围字符,如天线的相对长度,ocelli的数量,胸膜栓质的数量,甚至是旁侧的形状和颜色,似乎比相对均匀的性足类动物提供了更多的信息来区分物种。淋足动物的差异主要与套管的形状和长度有关,Coxal过程g和k的长度和形状,和股骨的针状突起的数量。为第9对腿的转子叶的功能提供了解释。它为套管提供机械支撑,并似乎在交配过程中帮助精子充电和授精。产生属中物种的识别密钥以适应新物种。新物种描述在发布时自动导出到Wiki(www。species-id.net)通过专门设计的软件工具,PensoftWiki转换器(PWC),与新提出的同时期刊/wiki出版物的引文机制一起在这里首次实施。