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2BAFB9AE565F49DA06168FB56D4BC8FD.text	2BAFB9AE565F49DA06168FB56D4BC8FD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asphalidesmus Silvestri 1910	<div><p>Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910</p><p>Asphalidesmus Silvestri 1910: 362. Attems 1914: 242, 1926: 153, 1931: 77, 1940: 205. Brölemann 1916: 547. Verhoeff 1932: 1587, 1936: 12. Jeekel 1971: 313, 1982: 12, 1984: 85, 1986: 46. Hoffman 1980: 150. Mesibov 2002: 532, 2009: 67. Golovatch 2003: 53. Golovatch et al. 2009: 3. Mesibov 2009: 67.</p><p>Type species:</p><p>Asphalidesmus leae Silvestri, 1910, by original designation.</p><p>Atopodesmus Chamberlin 1920: 153. Attems 1926: 134, 1940: 356. Verhoeff 1932: 1562. Jeekel 1971: 313, 1984: 85, 1986: 46. Hoffman 1980: 186. Mesibov 2002: 532 (synonymised). Golovatch et al. 2009: 3. Mesibov 2009: 67.</p><p>Type and only species:</p><p>Atopodesmus parvus Chamberlin, 1920, by original designation.</p><p>Other included species:</p><p>Asphalidesmus allynensis sp. n., Asphalidesmus bellendenkerensis sp. n., Asphalidesmus carbinensis sp. n., Asphalidesmus dorrigensis sp. n., Asphalidesmus golovatchi Mesibov, 2009, Asphalidesmus magnus sp. n., Asphalidesmus minor sp. n., Asphalidesmus otwayensis sp. n.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Small Dalodesmidea (4-6 mm long as adults) with head + 19 rings; adults yellow-brown and often encrusted with soil particles, juveniles pure white and not encrusted; collum, metatergites and preanal ring with 3-6 transverse rows of small, uniform tubercles, each bearing a single seta with a slightly flared tip; ring 2 paranotum expanded, extending forward to partly cover collum edge and backward to lie under anterior edge of ring 3 paranotum; all paranota lying low on sides, flexed downward and covering legs, with a few indistinct outer marginal lobes; pore formula normal, each ozopore opening on short, columnar structure arising just dorsal to the centre of the paranotum base; legs short, without sphaerotrichomes; gonopod aperture transversely ovoid, posterior rim slightly raised; gonocoxae entirely contained within aperture, small, distally tapered, lightly joined (not fused) medially; gonopod telopodites slender, parallel and close together, more or less straight, reaching bases of legpair 4 or 5 when retracted.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The genus description I offered nine years ago (Mesibov 2002) still largely applies to Asphalidesmus golovatchi and the seven new species described below. The only significant changes are in number of transverse rows of tubercles on midbody tergites (varying from 3-6 in the genus, rather than 5-6) and in gonopod telopodite structure, which varies considerably from species to species. An Asphalidesmus adult can be easily recognised by its colour, by the size and position of the ring 2 paranota, and by the characteristic dorsal tuberculation, and can be distinguished using these features alone from similar-looking Australian Pyrgodesmidae and species of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910. However, whereas each of the latter taxa has a distinctive telopodite form as well as unique non-gonopodal features, Asphalidesmus telopodites are remarkably dissimilar (see descriptions and illustrations below).</p><p>In particular, there does not seem to be a common location on the telopodite for the opening of the prostatic groove. In the descriptions below I have avoided using the word ‘solenomere’ for the process with this opening, because doing so might suggest that those processes are homologous across the genus, and I doubt that they are. The prostatic groove opens on anterior and posterior branches in different Asphalidesmus species (with no sign of torsion in the course of the groove), on the tips of processes and subapically, and on the medial and lateral sides of the telopodite.</p><p>In his review of volvatory Polydesmida, Golovatch (2003) noted that the two Tasmanian Asphalidesmus species known at that time had only limited ability to coil (Fig. 1C), yet both had several anatomical features found in tightly-coiling ‘oniscoid’ polydesmidans in other families: short legs, downward-flexed paranota and a slight overlap of paranota on successive rings. Three of the new Asphalidesmus species are known to coil tightly (Fig. 1B), although in these species the paranota are short (on anterior-posterior axis) and do not overlap.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2BAFB9AE565F49DA06168FB56D4BC8FD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Mesibov, Robert	Mesibov, Robert (2011): New species of Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidea). ZooKeys 93: 43-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255
94AC0C8C5D8D32D995F127E25CB2E147.text	94AC0C8C5D8D32D995F127E25CB2E147.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asphalidesmus allynensis	<div><p>Asphalidesmus allynensis sp. n. Figs 2A3Amap fig. 12</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Male, Allyn Stream, Barrington Tops, NSW, " 32°14'S, 151°30'E " (label data, incorrect; see Remarks), 1 February 1975, P.M. Johns, in Nothofagus moorei [forest], AM KS94167. Gonopods and remainder of body in two separate genitalia vials in the same sample tube.</p><p>Other material.</p><p>None known.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite branching at ca one-third telopodite height, 5 transverse rows of tubercles on midbody metatergites.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Specimen somewhat decoloured and macerated, length ca 6 mm, ring 6 vertical diameter ca 0.6 mm and maximum width ca 0.9 mm. Midbody metatergites with 5 transverse rows of tubercles dorsally. Paranota narrow (Fig. 3A), margin clearly divided into 3 (occasionally 4) lobes.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite (Fig. 2A) divided at ca one-third telopodite height into anterior and posterior branches, below the division somewhat expanded posterolaterally, the base setose up to the division on posterior and posterolateral surfaces, the longest setae close to the division and directed distally. Posterior branch stout, curving first posteriorly, then distolaterally, mediolaterally flattening and expanding in distal half, the distal margin notched in anterior half, anterior to the notch the margin slightly bent medially and finely dentate. Posterior branch also with small, flat, near-rectangular process arising on medial surface of branch at ca one-half branch height and directed distally and slightly medially, the distal and posterior margins of the process roughened . Anterior branch more slender than posterior branch, curving smoothly posterodistally, tip slightly flattened mediolaterally and bent to lie medial to expanded tip of posterior branch and just anterodistal and lateral to tip of rectangular process on that branch. Prostatic groove following anterior surface of posterior branch, then curving posteriorly to terminate in small, conical projection on posteromedial surface of branch at origin of rectangular process.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>So far known only from cool temperate rainforest on the Barrington Tops in central, near-coastal New South Wales (Fig. 12; see also Remarks).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>For the Allyn River, type locality of this species.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>'Allyn Stream’ seems to be an obsolete local name for the Allyn River, whose tributaries flow through high-elevation Nothofagus moorei rainforest. The latitude/longitude on the printed specimen label marks the start of the Allyn River Road in long-cleared farmland at ca 220 m elevation. The latitude/longitude may have been added when the original handwritten label was replaced by a printed one (G. Milledge, pers. comm., 1 March 2011) The most likely collection sites are ca 10 km to the north-northwest, on forest roads through Nothofagus moorei forest above ca 700 m. My best guess is 32°09'S, 151°27'E ± 3 km (see Appendix).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/94AC0C8C5D8D32D995F127E25CB2E147	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Mesibov, Robert	Mesibov, Robert (2011): New species of Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidea). ZooKeys 93: 43-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255
FB36C37FECCD13D2C61FA4AFA2335B2F.text	FB36C37FECCD13D2C61FA4AFA2335B2F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asphalidesmus bellendenkerensis	<div><p>Asphalidesmus bellendenkerensis sp. n. Figs 3D4A, 4Bmap fig. 12</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Male, Bellenden Ker Range, Qld, cable tower 3, 17°16'04"S, 145°53'00"E (see Remarks) ± 0.25 km, 1000 m, 17-24 October 1981, Queensland Museum staff and ‘Earthwatch’ personnel, QM S90017.</p><p>Paratypes.</p><p>2 males, 2 females, details as for holotype but 25-31 October 1981, QM berlesate 324, rainforest, sieved litter, QM S90020; 5 males, 6 females, same details but QM berlesate 330, QM S90018; 4 males, 3 females, same details but QM berlesate 333, stick brushings, QM S90021; 1 male, 2 females, same details but summit TV station, 17°15'52"S, 145°51'14"E (see Remarks) ± 0.25 km, 1560 m, 1-7 November 1981, QM berlesate 337, QM S90019.</p><p>Other material.</p><p>2 males, North Bell Peak via Gordonvale, Qld, 17°05'19"S, 145°52'44"E ± 0.5 km, 900 m, 16 September 1981, G. Monteith and D. Cook, QM berlesate 300, rainforest, sieved litter and moss, QM S90022.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite branches curling around and nested in plane at right angles to long axis of telopodite, 4 transverse rows of tubercles on midbody metatergites.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Males and females approximately the same size, length ca 4 mm, ring 6 vertical diameter ca 0.4 mm and maximum width ca 0.7 mm. Midbody metatergites with 4 transverse rows of tubercles dorsally. Paranota wide (Fig. 3D); anterior and lateral margins in single convex curve, posterior margin straight; 3-4 weakly defined marginal lobes.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite (Figs 4A, 4B) upright, rounded-triangular in cross-section, tapering slightly and flattening distally, with small, scattered setae on posterior surface to ca two-thirds telopodite height; divided at ca seven-eighths telopodite height into complex, flattened anterolateral and posteromedial branches. Anterolateral branch with distal margin curving in plane at approximate right angle to telopodite long axis, extending in tight arc posteriorly as blade-like process terminating in fold of posteromedial process close to inner (medial) side of telopodite. Posteromedial branch folded laterally on posterior margin of process, extending distally as flat process with truncate tip, the tip bluntly dentate with taller, triangular extension at posterior end. Posteromedial branch with two additional processes: (1) anterior process nested by, and curving to follow, anterolateral branch, terminating in fold of posteromedial branch just distal to tip of anterolateral branch process; (2) small lateral process arising ca halfway across diameter of ‘circle’ formed by anterolateral branch, directed posterolaterally, curling distally at tip where it reaches anterolateral branch. Prostatic groove on anteromedial surface, abruptly entering anterior process of posteromedial branch and following arc of process, opening at process tip.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known from tropical rainforest in far north Queensland on the Bellenden Ker Range and on the Malbon Thompson Range near Gordonvale; the two localities are ca 20 km apart (Fig. 12).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>For the type locality of this species. At the summit of the range is the wettest meteorological station in Australia (Australian Bureau of Meteorology site 31141), averaging more than 8 m of rain per year. Three of the Asphalidesmus bellendenkerensis specimens are from this site.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Asphalidesmus bellendenkerensis is a striking exception to the dalodesmidean 'rule of thumb’ that smaller species have simpler gonopods. The complex topology of the telopodite tip can only be clearly seen at high magnification using a scanning electron microscope (Fig. 4B).</p><p>This species can coil tightly in a spiral, but most of the specimens examined are only partly coiled.</p><p>Latitude/longitude data for the Bellenden Ker Range sites were obtained using Google Earth with advice from the Bellenden Ker cableway operator. The latitude/longitude figures for North Bell Peak are from the QM collection database.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB36C37FECCD13D2C61FA4AFA2335B2F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Mesibov, Robert	Mesibov, Robert (2011): New species of Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidea). ZooKeys 93: 43-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255
C06B8CB6F44E734E576631E1A578F69A.text	C06B8CB6F44E734E576631E1A578F69A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asphalidesmus carbinensis	<div><p>Asphalidesmus carbinensis sp. n. Figs 3E5A, 5Bmap fig. 12</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Male, Mt Lewis Road, Qld, 29 km from highway, 16°30'44"S, 145°16'10"E ± 0.5 km, 1210 m, 29 November 1997, D. Cook, QM berlesate 964, rainforest, leaf litter, QM S90023, ex QM S35904. Gonopods and remainder of body in two separate genitalia vials in the same sample tube.</p><p>Paratypes.</p><p>1 male, 1 female, 2 km SE of Mt Spurgeon via Mt Carbine, Qld, 16°27'17"S, 145°12'26"E ± 0.5 km, 1100 m, 20 December 1988, G. Monteith and G. Thompson, QM berlesate 825, rainforest, sieved litter, QM S90024.</p><p>Other material.</p><p>None known.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite not obviously divided into branches, instead with 4 small, pointed apical processes; 4 transverse rows of tubercles on midbody metatergites .</p><p>Description.</p><p>Males and females approximately the same size, length ca 5 mm, ring 6 vertical diameter ca 0.5 mm and maximum width ca 0.9 mm. Midbody metatergites with 4 transverse rows of tubercles dorsally. Paranota wide (Fig. 3E); anterior and lateral margins in single convex curve, posterior margin straight; 3-4 weakly defined marginal lobes.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite (Figs 5A, 5B) cylindrical, tapering distally, extended laterally at base as flange; basal one-quarter of telopodite with numerous minute, round bumps on posterior and posterolateral surfaces; sparse, strong setae to ca two-thirds telopodite height on posterior and posterolateral surfaces. Telopodite not evidently divided into branches, instead with cluster of 4 small, pointed processes at apex. From anterior to posterior: (1) short, spine-like process directed distally and very slightly medially; (2) short, spine-like process, slightly smaller than process (1), directed distally and slightly posteriorly; (3) longest process, directed distolaterally, tapering to sharp point curled medially to form ‘fish-hook’, with short, blunt, medial extension at ca two-thirds process height; (4) blade-like process, intermediate in length between (1) and (3), directed distally but bent posterolaterally at ca one-third process height. Prostatic groove on anteromedial surface of telopodite, entering process (3) and terminating on the short, blunt extension.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>So far known only from tropical rainforest on the Carbine Range in far north Queensland (Fig. 12).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>For the Carbine Range, type locality of this species.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Latitude/longitude data are from the QM collection database.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C06B8CB6F44E734E576631E1A578F69A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Mesibov, Robert	Mesibov, Robert (2011): New species of Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidea). ZooKeys 93: 43-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255
CD4CFC1BE7CF326773DA1EABD4C19568.text	CD4CFC1BE7CF326773DA1EABD4C19568.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asphalidesmus dorrigensis	<div><p>Asphalidesmus dorrigensis sp. n. Figs 1B2B3B6A, 6Bmap fig. 12</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Male, Dorrigo National Park, NSW, west bank of Rosewood River, end of Little North Arm Road, 30°24'03"S, 152°46'18"E ± 50 m, 110 m, 10-24 November 1999, M. Gray, G. Milledge and H. Smith, pitfall traps, Hotspots NE NSW site 7, AM KS114458, ex KS61085.</p><p>Paratypes.</p><p>7 males, 14 females, 29 adults tightly coiled and not checked for gender, details as for holotype, AM KS61085.</p><p>Other material.</p><p>(All from NSW) 11 males, 3 females, Dorrigo National Park, 30°22'S, 152°43'E ± 1 km, &lt;1000 m, 7 November 1967, R.J. Bartell and L.B. Barton-Browne, ANIC berlesate 40, palm/rainforest, leaf mould, ANIC 64-000200; 6 males, 5 females, Cobcroft camp, Werrikimbe National Park, 31°15'S, 152°11'E ± 1 km, 12 November 1982, J. Doyen, ANIC berlesate 858, closed rainforest litter, ANIC 64-000201; 8 males, 7 females, Cobcroft Creek, Werrikimbe National Park, 31°16'S, 152°11'E ± 1 km, 13 June 1982, L. Hill, ANIC berlesate 832, closed forest litter, ANIC 64-000202; 2 males, Horseshoe Road, Scotchman State Forest, 3.5 km SE of Thora, 30°26'25"S, 152°47'30"E ± 50 m, 100 m, 10-24 November 1999, M. Gray, G. Milledge and H. Smith, pitfall traps, Hotspots NE NSW site 18, AM KS61697.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite with anterior branch undivided, posterior branch divided into 2 bifid processes; 3-4 transverse rows of tubercles on midbody metatergites.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Males slightly smaller than females, length ca 5 mm, ring 6 vertical diameter ca 0.5 mm and maximum width ca 0.9 mm. Midbody metatergites with 3-4 transverse rows of tubercles dorsally. Paranota wide (Figs 1B, 3B); anterior and lateral margins in single convex curve, posterior margin straight; 3-4 weakly defined marginal lobes.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite (Figs 2B, 6A, 6B) more or less cylindrical, tapering distally, divided at between two-thirds and three-quarters telopodite height into anterior and posterior branches, a few scattered setae basally on posterior and posteromedial surfaces. Anterior branch directed anterodistally, curving slightly medially, flattening apically, tip with thin, ovoid fringe (folded over in Fig. 5B). Posterior branch divided into Y-shaped anterior and posterior processes. Posterior process directed distally, with ‘Y’ in anteroposterior plane, both arms of ‘Y’ rounded at tip. Anterior process bent slightly laterally, with ‘Y’ in mediolateral plane, medial arm directed distally (curled over in Fig. 5B), lateral arm directed laterally with small tab near tip on anterior surface. Prostatic groove on anteromedial surface of telopodite, running to medial arm of anterior process of posterior branch and terminating at tip.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Rainforest and wet eucalypt forest in northeastern, near-coastal New South Wales (Fig. 12).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>For Dorrigo National Park, type locality of this species.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Asphalidesmus dorrigensis can coil tightly in a spiral (Fig. 1B).</p><p>The branches of the gonopod seem to be fairly fragile, and are broken near the base of the branch on several of the males examined. In the specimen illustrated in Figs 6A and 6B, the contralateral branches are interlaced as a result of breakage.</p><p>Latitude/longitude data in italics are from the ANIC collection database.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CD4CFC1BE7CF326773DA1EABD4C19568	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Mesibov, Robert	Mesibov, Robert (2011): New species of Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidea). ZooKeys 93: 43-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255
C1D07CCDA2B737DB0C498F0DF6DAE3D3.text	C1D07CCDA2B737DB0C498F0DF6DAE3D3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asphalidesmus magnus	<div><p>Asphalidesmus magnus sp. n. Figs 1D, 1F2C710A, 10B, 10Cmap fig. 12</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Male, Mt Haig, Lamb Range, Qld, 17°05'52"S, 145°36'09"E ± 0.5 km, 1000 m, 25 February 1997, G. Monteith, QM berlesate 918, rainforest, leaf litter, ex QM S37557, QM S90025.</p><p>Paratypes.</p><p>5 males, 5 females, details as for holotype, QM S90026.</p><p>Other material.</p><p>(All from Qld) 2 males, 2 females, Cammoo Caves near Rockhampton (see Distribution), 23°10'S, 150°28'E ± 1 km, 25 October 1976, R.W. Taylor and T.A. Weir, ANIC berlesate 535, dense low closed forest, ANIC 64-000204; 1 male, 1 female, 3 km W by S of Mt Haig, Lamb Range, Qld, 17°06'S, 145°34'E ± 1 km, 1150 m, 3 April 1984, A. Calder and T.A. Weir, ANIC berlesate 952, rainforest, ANIC 64-000203; 1 male, Lambs Head, 10 km W of Edmonton, 17°01'23"S, 145°38'33"E ± 0.5 km, 1200 m, 4 December 1988, G. Monteith and G. Thompson , QM berlesate 806, rainforest, sieved litter, QM S90028; 2 males, Vine Creek, Majors Mountain, 17°40'58"S, 145°32'02"E ± 0.5 km, 1050 m, 5 February 1999, G. Monteith and D. Cook, QM berlesate 987, rainforest, sieved litter, QM S90027.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Dorsum distinctly flattened anteriorly; 2 small, rounded, paramedian swellings dorsally on rings 16-18; 3 transverse rows of tubercles on midbody metatergites; gonopod telopodite with posteriorly curving anterior branch and Y-shaped posterior branch directed posterodistally and slightly laterally.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Males and females approximately the same size, length ca 5 mm, ring 6 vertical diameter ca 0.6 mm and maximum width ca 1.1 mm. Body strongly tapered from wide head to narrow telson (Fig. 1D); dorsum flattened anteriorly (Figs 1F, 10C); rings 16-18 with 2 small, rounded, paramedian swellings on (meta)tergites (Figs 10A, 10B). Midbody metatergites with 3 transverse rows of tubercles dorsally. Paranota wide (Fig. 1F); anterior and lateral margins in single convex curve, posterior margin straight; 3-4 weakly defined marginal lobes.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite (Figs 2C, 7) more or less cylindrical, tapering distally from laterally extended base, with a few strong setae on posterior surface, divided at ca three-quarters telopodite height into anterior and posterior branches. Anterior branch somewhat flattened anteroposteriorly, with the lateral margin extended as rounded triangle basally; branch directed distally but curving posteriorly, the tip spade-like, pointed and slightly thickened. Posterior branch flattened mediolaterally, directed posterodistally and slightly laterally; branch Y-shaped, divided at ca one-half branch length into thin arms, one directed distally and the other laterally, both arms tipped with minute, variably positioned processes. Prostatic groove on anteromedial surface of telopodite, following posterior branch and terminating at tip of distally directed arm.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known from tropical rainforest in far north Queensland and from a single collection near Cammoo Caves in central coastal Queensland (Fig. 12). Cammoo Caves are ca 840 km from the type locality of Asphalidesmus magnus, but the four specimens from the Caves differ from the types mainly in being marginally larger; the gonopods are almost identical. If the specimens are indeed from forest near the Caves, then Asphalidesmus magnus may have been accidentally introduced to the area from far north Queensland. This record needs to be checked by further sampling in the Cammoo Caves area.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Latin magnus, ‘large’, the name also containing Latin agnus, ‘lamb’ . Asphalidesmus magnus is the larger of the two Asphalidesmus species found on the Lamb Range.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>Asphalidesmus magnus can coil tightly in a spiral.</p><p>The dorsal flattening seen in this species (Figs 1F, 10C) contrasts strongly with the smoothly rounded cross-section of the type species Asphalidesmus leae (Figs 1E, 10D). Further, limbus elements in Asphalidesmus magnus are noticeably longer and more slender than limbus elements in the other nine Asphalidesmus spp. (Fig. 11) As the difference is only detectable at very high magnification, and because elements vary in length and width around the circumference of a body ring, I am reluctant to include this character state in the species diagnosis.</p><p>Latitude/longitude data in italics are from the QM collection database.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C1D07CCDA2B737DB0C498F0DF6DAE3D3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Mesibov, Robert	Mesibov, Robert (2011): New species of Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidea). ZooKeys 93: 43-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255
014D8EC90B3773E3667B55281424A111.text	014D8EC90B3773E3667B55281424A111.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asphalidesmus minor	<div><p>Asphalidesmus minor sp. n. Figs 3F8map fig. 12</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Male, 3 km W by S of Mt Haig, Lamb Range, Qld, 17°06'S, 145°34'E ± 1 km, 1150 m, 3 April 1984, A. Calder and T.A. Weir, ANIC berlesate 952, rainforest, ANIC 64-000209.</p><p>Paratypes.</p><p>2 males, details as for holotype, ANIC 64-000205; 1 female, Lamb Range, 19 km S of Mareeba, 17°06'39"S, 145°34'04"E ± 0.5 km, 1200 m, 3 December 1988, G. Monteith and G. Thompson, QM berlesate 804, rainforest, sieved litter, QM S90029.</p><p>Other material.</p><p>None known.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite sharply ridged posteriorly, not obviously divided into branches, instead extending apically as thin-walled, tube-like structure; 4 transverse rows of tubercles on midbody metatergites.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Males and female approximately the same size, length ca 4 mm, ring 6 vertical diameter ca 0.4 mm and maximum width ca 0.6 mm. Midbody metatergites with 4 transverse rows of tubercles dorsally. Paranota wide (Fig. 3F); anterior and lateral margins in single convex curve, posterior margin straight; 4 weakly defined marginal lobes.</p><p>Posterior surface of gonopod telopodite (Fig. 8) abruptly produced as sharp ridge from ca one-quarter telopodite height. Numerous small bumps on posterior surface basal to ridge; larger, nearly contiguous bumps lateral to ridge to ca three-quarters telopodite height; surface medial to ridge nearly smooth, flat; a few scattered setae close to ridge to ca three-quarters telopodite height. Telopodite apex extending distally as thin-walled structure with narrow posterolateral opening; apical margin extended at medial end of wall as subquadrate tab with pointed extension at its posterior end; lateral end of apical wall extended as rhomboid with rounded distal corner and rounded notch near its anterior corner. Prostatic groove on anteromedial surface of telopodite, bending abruptly at anterior end of base of subquadrate tab and directed laterally, terminating in small process projecting into space surrounded by apical wall.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>So far known only from tropical rainforest on the Lamb Range in far north Queensland (Fig. 12).</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>Latin minor, ‘less’ . Asphalidesmus minor is the smaller of the two Asphalidesmus species found on the Lamb Range.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>As with Asphalidesmus bellendenkerensis sp. n., the topology of the telopodite apex in this tiny species is surprisingly complex, and I have not yet had a clear view under the scanning electron microscope of the tiny process carrying the opening of the prostatic groove (Fig. 8). The course of the groove before it reaches this process, however, is clearly visible under a light microscope (not shown; see Description, above).</p><p>Latitude/longitude data in italics are from the QM collection database.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/014D8EC90B3773E3667B55281424A111	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Mesibov, Robert	Mesibov, Robert (2011): New species of Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidea). ZooKeys 93: 43-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255
26305D3183F02CE5211ECD2AB8A2A27C.text	26305D3183F02CE5211ECD2AB8A2A27C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Asphalidesmus otwayensis	<div><p>Asphalidesmus otwayensis sp. n. Figs 1G2D3C9map fig. 12</p><p>Holotype.</p><p>Male, Maits Rest, Otway Ranges, Vic, 38°45'S, 143°34'E ± 1 km, 250 m, 24-25 December 1991, collector unknown (see Remarks), ANIC 64-000206.</p><p>Paratypes.</p><p>3 males, 2 females, details as for holotype, ANIC 64-000207.</p><p>Other material.</p><p>(All from Otway Ranges, Vic) 4 males, 4 females, Phillips Road, 38°39'25"S, 143°30'E ± 2 km, 25 December 1991, collector unknown (see Remarks), forest litter, ANIC 64-000208; 1 male, 1 stadium 5 female, Turtons Pass, 38°38'43"S, 143°40'36"E ± 25 m, 420 m, 12 December 2003, R. Mesibov and T. Moule, MV K11142; 1 male, 1 female, same details but 38°38'39"S, 143°41'20"E ± 25 m, 480 m, MV K11143; 1 male, 1 female, 1 stadium 6 female, Calder Ridge, 38°42'41"S, 143°34'03"E ± 25 m, 380 m, 13 December 2003, R. Mesibov and T. Moule, MV K11141.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Gonopod telopodites crossed at ca two-thirds telopodite height; apodous ring 18 produced dorsally as large, rounded swelling; 5 transverse rows of tubercles on midbody metatergites.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Males and females approximately the same size, length ca 6 mm, ring 6 vertical diameter ca 0.6 mm and maximum width ca 1.1 mm. Midbody metatergites with 5 transverse rows of tubercles dorsally. Paranota wide (Fig. 3C); anterior and lateral margins in single convex curve, posterior margin straight with small round tab near base; 4-5 weakly defined marginal lobes. Ring 18 produced dorsally as large, rounded swelling (Fig. 1G) in both males and females.</p><p>Gonopod telopodite (Figs 2D, 9) divided into anterior and posterior branches at ca three-quarters telopodite height; telopodite widest just below division, bent posterodistally at ca one-half telopodite height, tapering basally to small base with small, rounded lobes directed posteriorly and posterolaterally, each lobe carrying a few small setae; a few small setae on posterior surface of telopodite just basal to division. Anterior branch anteroposteriorly flattened, directed posterodistally, expanded at tip into rhomboid, the central portion of the rhomboid thickened as finger-like process. Posterior branch similarly flattened, directed distally, the tip expanded into rhomboid lying just anterior to and parallel with rhomboid of anterior branch (leaving a small gap between), thus crossing anterior branch and terminating anterior to the latter’s tip. Prostatic groove on anterior surface of telopodite, continuing on anterior branch to terminate at tip of finger-like process. Gonopod telopodites crossed near tips (see Remarks), with one telopodite nesting in bend on posterior surface of other telopodite.</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known from cool temperate rainforest and wet eucalypt forest in the Otway Ranges in southwestern Victoria (Fig. 12).</p><p>Etymology .</p><p>For the Otway Ranges, home to this species.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The collector of the Maits Rest and Phillips Road samples from December 1991 is not named on the ANIC sample labels, which I copied when labelling specimens sorted from ANIC mixed holdings. Museum Victoria personnel collected at Otway Ranges sites at various times between October 1991 and March 1992, but there are no MV samples from 24 or 25 December 1991 (K. Walker, pers. comm., 4 March 2011). The ANIC database also has no collection records for other taxa from these places and dates (B. Mantle, pers. comm., 4 March 2011). The most likely possibility is that an entomological collector, not from MV, coincidentally sampled in the Otway Ranges during the 1991 Christmas holiday period and deposited the material in ANIC.</p><p>Latitude/longitude data in italics are based on local maps and Google Earth.</p><p>Crossing of gonopod telopodites (Fig. 9) is unusual in Dalodesmidea . In this species it may be facilitated by the remarkably small telopodite base articulating with the gonocoxa. The right telopodite crosses anterior to the left telopodite in six of the 11 Asphalidesmus otwayensis males examined, and posterior to the left telopodite in the other five.</p><p>Neither of the two juvenile females has a dorsal swelling on an apodous ring (ring 17 in stadium 6, rings 15 and 16 in stadium 5).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/26305D3183F02CE5211ECD2AB8A2A27C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Mesibov, Robert	Mesibov, Robert (2011): New species of Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidea). ZooKeys 93: 43-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.93.1255
