taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DC87B7FF86587B5557FB104677FE61.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Victoriombrus acanthus sp. nov., by present designation.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2004): A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from wet forests in southern Victoria, with brief remarks on the Victorian Polydesmida. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 41-45, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-61-issue-1-2004/pages-41-45/
03DC87B7FF86587B5557FB104677FE61.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dalodesmids c. 15 mm long with head + 20 segments, rounded and somewhat swollen paranota and pore formula 5, 7, 9 – 19. Telopodite of gonopod short, wide, divided by a transverse constriction into a setose, posteromesally excavated basal portion and a bare distal portion bearing a small mesal branch comprising a long, tapering solenomere accompanied by a distally flattened and roughened process, a much larger lateral branch, and between the two a narrow, more or less rod-like process arising posteromesally.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2004): A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from wet forests in southern Victoria, with brief remarks on the Victorian Polydesmida. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 41-45, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-61-issue-1-2004/pages-41-45/
03DC87B7FF86587B5557FB104677FE61.taxon	description	Description. Head with moderately deep impression lateral to antennal base; bases separated by about twice a socket diameter; vertigial sulcus faintly indicated; head moderately setose with moderately long setae on clypeus and frons, a few long setae on the vertex. Antenna (Fig. 1) short, slender; antennomere 2 the longest, 6 the widest. Collum about as wide as head and second somite; sparsely setose with moderately long setae; posterior margin straight, anterior margin gently convex, corners rounded. Somite 2 with lateral margin of paranotum well below collum corner, somite 3 margin at about the level of the collum corner. Somites with well-defined waist (Fig. 1); a few setae on somite 2, remaining somites bare and apparently smooth (very small seta-like processes scattered over dorsal surface of metazonite, only visible under high magnification); paranota on most somites just above midlateral (Fig. 1), somewhat swollen, laterally with a very narrow, upwardly concave groove bordered by a slightly thickened margin; from above, anterior margin of paranotum gently curved, lateral margin very slightly convex, posterior margin slightly concave on anterior somites, more so on posterior somites, where the posterior corner projects slightly and bluntly; limbus a comb of fine, straight teeth. Ozopores small, opening dorsolaterally just above and near the posterior end of the paranotal groove on somites 5, 7 and 9 – 19. Sternites slightly longer than wide, cross impressions well-defined. Anterior legs (Fig. 1) with swollen podomeres, prefemur strongly arched dorsally; posterior legs less swollen; tarsus about as long as next longest podomere, the femur. Sphaerotrichomes on tibia and tarsus only, from leg 3 rearwards, diminishing in number on the more posterior legs and absent from the last leg. Dense ‘ brushes’ of setae ventrally on prefemur, femur and postfemur of most legs from 3 rearwards. Leg 2 coxa somewhat extended mesally, the genital opening a simple pit on this extension. Legpairs 4 and 5 not separated at bases, legpairs 6 and 7 well-separated; flexed gonopod telopodites reaching to legpair 6. Spiracles simple in structure with slightly raised rims; on diplosegments the anterior spiracle just above and anterior to the anterior leg, the posterior spiracle just anterior to the midway point between the leg bases. Preanal ring moderately setose; epiproct tapering to blunt, rounded and depressed tip extending well past anal valves; hypoproct paraboloid in outline. Gonopod aperture ovoid (Figs 2, 4), wider than long, about one-half width of somite 7 prozonite, with posterior margin in the form of a flattened ‘ V’and posterolateral portions of rim projecting ventrally. Gonocoxa in overall form a truncated cone, tapering distally, with moderately long setae on posteromesal surface; gonocoxae fairly firmly joined along midline but not quite fused into a syncoxite. Cannula prominent. Gonopod telopodites (Figs 2, 4), short, wide, closely appressed but not joined; partly fused with gonocoxa on anterior side of base; basal portion clearly separated from branched distal portion by a transverse constriction; basal portion excavated posteromesally, sparsely setose, mainly posterolaterally; distal portion bare, divided into a small mesal branch with a long, tapering solenomere joined basally to a distally flattened and roughened process, a much larger lateral branch, and a narrow, more or less rod-like posterior process arising posteromesally. Females somewhat larger than males, with the same colouring; legs smaller than corresponding male legs and not swollen; posterior rim of epigynum projecting slightly, more so in centre; cyphopods not examined.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2004): A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from wet forests in southern Victoria, with brief remarks on the Victorian Polydesmida. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 41-45, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-61-issue-1-2004/pages-41-45/
03DC87B7FF86587B5557FB104677FE61.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Victoria.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2004): A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from wet forests in southern Victoria, with brief remarks on the Victorian Polydesmida. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 41-45, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-61-issue-1-2004/pages-41-45/
03DC87B7FF86587B5557FB104677FE61.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Victoria + Greek ombros (“ rainshower ”), masculine.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2004): A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from wet forests in southern Victoria, with brief remarks on the Victorian Polydesmida. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 41-45, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-61-issue-1-2004/pages-41-45/
03DC87B7FF86587B5557FB104677FE61.taxon	discussion	Remarks. It is not clear how Victoriombrus is related to other Australian dalodesmid genera. The new genus shares with Tasmanian Bromodesmus (Mesibov, 2004) a long, tapering, acutely pointed solenomere and telopodite elements fringed with teeth, but the gonocoxae in Victoriombrus are more nearly fused into a syncoxite than in the Tasmanian genus, the telopodites are much shorter and wider, and the pore formula is 5, 7, 9 – 19 instead of 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 – 19.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2004): A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from wet forests in southern Victoria, with brief remarks on the Victorian Polydesmida. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 41-45, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-61-issue-1-2004/pages-41-45/
03DC87B7FF84587D56EDFE4B46F3FCE3.taxon	description	Figures 1, 2, 3, 6 (map) Material examined. Holotype. Male, Australia, Victoria. Young Creek Road, 0.2 km NE of Ciancio Creek crossing, 38 ° 40 ' S, 143 ° 29 ' E, pitfall 15. xi. 1994 – 31. i. 1995, G. Milledge, Nothofagus forest, sample NOH- 1079, NMV K- 8842. Paratypes. 1 stadium 7 juvenile male, same details as holotype, NMV K- 8843; 2 females, Aire Crossing Track, 0.5 km N of Aire River crossing, 38 ° 40 ' S, 143 ° 29 ' E, pitfall 15. xi. 1994 – 31. i. 1995, G. Milledge, Nothofagus forest, sample NOH- 1084, NMV K- 8844, K- 8857; 1 male, same details but pitfall 31. i. – 11. iv. 1995, NMV K- 8845; 2 males, 1 female, Maits Rest, 10 km W of Apollo Bay, 22. x. 1991, K. Walker, Nothofagus litter and moss, NMV K- 8846, K- 8874, K- 8875; 1 male, Beauchamp Falls, 38 ° 39 ' S, 143 ° 36 ' E, pitfall 6. ix. – 15. xi. 1994, G. Milledge, Nothofagus forest, sample NOH- 1089, NMV K- 8847; 2 females, same details but pitfall 15. xi. 1994 – 31. i. 1995, sample NOH- 1090, NMV K- 8848, K- 8858; 5 males, Turtons Pass, 38 ° 38 ' 39 '' S, 143 ° 41 ' 20 '' E, 12. xii. 2003, R. Mesibov and T. Moule, wet eucalypt forest litter, NMV K- 8849, K- 8859 – K 8862; 2 females, 9 stadium 7 juvenile males, 1 stadium 7 juvenile female, same details, NMV K- 8851, K- 8863 – K 8873; 1 stadium 7 juvenile male, same details but 38 ° 38 ' 43 '' S, 143 ° 40 ' 36 '' E, NMV K- 8850. Diagnosis. Differs from V. seminudus sp. nov. in the form of the gonopod, notably the posterior curvature of the solenomere and the presence of small, branched, spiny processes on the lateral division of the telopodite. Description. Males c. 15 mm long, c. 1.2 mm in maximum vertical diameter. In alcohol, freshly collected specimens with pale yellow head and antennae; ground colour of body pale yellow, patterned with brown patches: prozonite with a patch laterally and a pair of paramedian patches dorsally, metazonite with a triangular mid-dorsal patch anteriorly, a quadrangular mid-dorsal patch posteriorly, a small patch anteroventrally on paranotum; posterior margin of metazonite and distal podomeres brown. Gonopod telopodites (Figs 2, 3) short, wide, closely appressed basally but not joined. Basal portion of telopodite excavated posteromesally, with variably long setae on posterolateral surface and surrounding the excavate area. Telopodite with a transverse constriction at between one-third to one-half its length, separating setose basal portion from bare distal portion, the latter divided basally into mesal, posteromesal and lateral branches. Mesal branch divides basally into a long, tapering, acutely pointed solenomere and a long, flattened process arising posterior to solenomere. Solenomere curves first anteriorly and basally, then turns sharply distally, curving slightly posteriorly but remaining parallel to long axis of telopodite, terminating at about two-thirds telopodite length. Prostatic groove running along mesal surface of telopodite, following curvature of the solenomere and terminating at its tip. Laterally flattened process accompanying the solenomere curves first mesally, then anteriorly, terminating just distal to solenomere; tip of process and a somewhat expanded portion at about mid-length with numerous marginal teeth and a roughened surface. Just distal and posterior to solenomere origin, posteromesal process arising as a narrow, rod-like, tapering process, laterally flattened from about half its length, curving slightly mesally, then laterally. Lateral branch of telopodite by far the largest, complicated in structure (Figs 2, 4), basically a laterally flattened process, curving slightly laterally and somewhat concave mesally, with marginal teeth of varying sizes; posterior edge giving rise to a mesally curving process ending in a rounded, somewhat expanded tip resembling a spanner or wrench midway between solenomere origin and tip; lateral and anterior surfaces of main process armed at about one-third the process length with small, short, branched, spiny structures resembling the tips of a thorny shrub. Distribution and microhabitat. In wet eucalypt and Nothofagus forest litter in the Otway Ranges (Fig. 6). Etymology. Latin acanthus (“ prickly shrub ”), noun in apposition, from the appearance of the gonopod telopodite.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2004): A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from wet forests in southern Victoria, with brief remarks on the Victorian Polydesmida. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 41-45, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-61-issue-1-2004/pages-41-45/
03DC87B7FF82587D56EDFCCB47A4FCFC.taxon	description	Figures 1, 4, 5, 6 (map) Material examined. Holotype. Male, Australia, Victoria. Myrtle Gully Reserve, 3.4 km WSW of Mt Donna Buang, 37 ° 43 ' S, 145 ° 38 ' 30 '' E, pitfall 29. xi. 1994 – 20. i. 1995, G. Milledge, Nothofagus forest, sample NOH- 1840, NMV K- 8852. Paratypes. 1 male, 7 females, 1 stadium 7 juvenile female, same details as holotype, K- 8853, K- 8876 – K- 8883; 1 male, same details but pitfall 21. i. – 7. iv. 1995, sample NOH- 1841, NMV K- 8854; 2 males, 2 females, Road 26, 0.2 km WNW of Donna Buang Road junction, 37 ° 43 ' S, 145 ° 39 ' 30 '' E, pitfall 29. xi. 1994 to 20. i. 1995, G. Milledge, Eucalyptus forest, sample NOH- 1846, NMV K- 8855, K- 8884 – K- 8886; 1 male, Acheron Gap, 6 km NE of Mt Donna Buang, 37 ° 40 ' 43 '' S, 145 ° 44 ' 20 '' E, pitfall 28. xii. 1995 – 21. ii. 1996, G. Milledge, Nothofagus forest, sample NOH- 1853, NMV K- 8856. Diagnosis. Differs from V. acanthus sp. nov. in the form of the gonopod, notably the anterior curvature of the solenomere and the absence of small, branched, spiny processes on the lateral division of the telopodite. Description. Males c. 15 mm long, 1.2 mm in maximum vertical diameter. In alcohol, well-coloured specimens with pale yellow antennae and yellow-orange head, legs and paranota; prozonite and metazonite ground colour pinkish-brown; metazonite reddish-brown below paranota and with mid-dorsal, triangular reddish-brown patch; posterior margin of metazonite and distal podomeres reddish-brown. Gonopod telopodites (Figs 4, 5) short, wide, closely appressed basally but not joined. Basal portion of telopodite excavated posteromesally, with variably long setae on posterolateral surface. Telopodite with a transverse constriction at between one-third to one-half its length, angled distad from lateral to mesal, separating setose basal portion from bare distal portion, latter divided basally into mesal, posteromesal and lateral branches. Mesal branch divides basally into a long, tapering, acutely pointed solenomere and a long, flattened process arising posterior to solenomere. Solenomere extends distally, then turns abruptly anteriorly at about three-quarters the length of the telopodite before terminating in a short, distally directed tip. Prostatic groove running along mesal surface of telopodite, following curvature of the solenomere and terminating at its tip. Laterally flattened process accompanying the solenomere directed anterodistally and slightly mesally, expanding in its distal half into a large flattened, fanlike structure with numerous marginal teeth and a roughened surface. Just distal and posterior to solenomere origin, posteromesal process arising as a narrow, rod-like, tapering process, curving mesally and anteriorly and terminating just distal to the most distal teeth of the process accompanying the solenomere. Lateral branch of telopodite by far the largest, greatly inflated basally, terminating in toothed crests anteriorly and posteriorly. Distribution and microhabitat. In wet eucalypt and Nothofagus forest litter in the Mt Donna Buang area (Fig. 6). Etymology. Latin semi - (half) + nudus (naked), adjective, because the setose basal portion of the gonopod telopodite is so clearly separated by a transverse constriction from the bare distal portion.	en	Mesibov, Robert (2004): A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from wet forests in southern Victoria, with brief remarks on the Victorian Polydesmida. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (1): 41-45, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-61-issue-1-2004/pages-41-45/
