Camptomorpha titana ( Kraus, 1956 )

Golovatch, Sergei I. & Bouzan, Rodrigo S., 2025, Review of the South American millipede genus Camptomorpha Sivestri, 1897, with the description of a new species from Peru (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), Arthropoda Selecta 34 (1), pp. 1-15 : 10

Camptomorpha titana ( Kraus, 1956)

Fig. 9 .

Leptodesmus ( PHAntAsmOdesmus ) titAnus Kraus, 1956: 142, plate 18, figs 9–12. HolotYpe ♂, SMF; paratYpes, ♂ / ♀ and immatures, SMF.

CAmptOmOrpHA titAnA — Kraus, 1957: 98.

BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE NOTES (after Kraus [1957]). Length 47 mm, width 5.8 mm (♂), or 50 mm and 6.4 mm (♀), respectively. Coloration black-brown with a vague, narrow, axial stripe and paraterga white-yellowish, legs horn brown. Paraterga well-developed and strongly rimmed, both anterior and caudal corners mostly clearly rounded even on midbody rings, calluses set off from lateral rim ( Fig. 9A ). Epiproct short, simple and finger-shaped. HYpoproct with a small apical tooth between both thick setigerous knobs. ♂ legs ventrallY with prefemora carrYing apical swellings, and tibiae with apical chelae.

Gonopods ( Fig. 9B–D ) with prefemoral process (PfP) considerably longer than acropodite (A), both quite complex and strongly armed; PfP subrectangular, with one elongated projection in middle portion, ending in a bifid projection; apical portion of PfP bipartite, with two acute branches directed laterally; A wide and irregularly spoon-shaped, internal margin near apex with a small invagination subsequently forming a small subacute process; solenomere (sl) simple, subflagelliform and only slightly curved.

DISTRIBUTION. Peru, San Martin Dept., Divisoria, Cordillera Azul, divide between Ucayali and Huallaga valleys, 7°50′05.3″S 76°02′53.7″W, 1650 m; Sinchono, Cordillera Azul, 1500 m [ Kraus, 1956, 1957].

Figures

Fig. 9. CAmptOmOrpHA titAnA (Kraus, 1956), ♂ holo- or paratYpe. A — left half of ring 10, dorsal view; B–D — left gonopod, mesal, ventral and lateral views, respectively. Designations:A — acropodite; PfP — prefemoral process; sl — solenomere. After Kraus [1956]. Рис. 9. CAmptOmOrpHA titAnA (Kraus, 1956), голотип или паратип ♂. A — леваЯ половина туловиЩного сегмента 10, сверху; B–D — левый гонопод, соответственно иЗнутри, сниЗу и сбоку.ОбоЗначениЯ:A — акроподит; PfP — префеморальный отросток; sl — соленомер. По: Kraus [1956].