Callistocilla sp. 1

Enghoff, Henrik, Ngute, Alain Senghor K., Mnendendo, Hamidu R., Kivambe, Exaud E., Mhagawale, Waziri, Malanda, Robin C., Mpoto, Athuman & Marshall, Andrew R., 2025, A mountain of millipedes XII. The Chelodesmidae of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), European Journal of Taxonomy 997, pp. 210-255 : 248

Callistocilla sp. 1

Fig. 20C–E

Material examined (total 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀)

TANZANIA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Morogoro Region, Kanga Mts, Kanga Forest Reserve ; 400–500 m a.s.l.; 22–25 Nov. 1984; N. Scharff leg.; lowland rain forest; NHMD 1184571 .

Remarks

These specimens agree closely with the original description of C. beatrix ( Hoffman 1977) , except for the presence of very small ozopores ( Fig. 20C–D ) and tiny small gonopod details. This species, too, shares the peculiar paranotal microsculpture seen in C. dolorotrix and C. beatrix ( Fig. 20E ).

Identification of Chelodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mountains

As mentioned in the introduction, no useful diagnosis of the family Chelodesmidae is available. For identification of chelodesmids from the Udzungwa Mts it is therefore necessary to single out differences between this family and each other polydesmidan family occurring in the Udzungwas. Table 4 provides this information.

Figures

Fig. 20. Callistocilla spp. A–B. C. dolorotrix Hoffman, 2005, male from Udzungwa Mountains National Park (NHMD 1184737).A. Rings 12–13, right paranota.B. Right gonopod, apical part.C–E. Callistocilla sp. 1, male from Kanga Mountains (NHMD 1184571), ring 12. C. Dorsal view. D. Right ozopore. E. Microsculpture of paranotum. F. C. beatrix Hoffman, 1977, holotype, ♂ (ZMUC 00101515), microsculpture of paranotum 13. Abbreviations: fx = flexed edge of solenomere; ps = parasolenomere; slm = solenomere. Scale bars: A, C = 0.5 mm; B = 0.05 mm; D = 0.02 mm; E–F = 0.005 mm.