MesibovRobertNew species of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae)Zookeys20820132013325336410.3897/zookeys.325.5932 Agathodesmus kirrama http://zoobank.org/2D19A715-D908-40DD-80C4-4DA9EAC3A65F http://species-id.net/wiki/Agathodesmus_kirrama sp. n.Fig. 9BHolotype.

Male, Mt Pershouse, Kirrama Range, Qld, 18°13'30"S, 145°47'42"E ±500m, 12 December 1986, G. Monteith and G. Thompson, QM berlesate 734, rainforest, sieved litter, QM S96049.

Paratypes.

QM: 4 males, 1 female, 1 stadium 6 male, details as for holotype, S96051; 2 males, 2 females, same details but QM berlesate 735, S96050.

Other material.

QM: 1 male, 2 females, Mt Hosie, Kirrama Range Qld, 18°12'29"S, 145°46'41"E ±500m, 800 m a.s.l., 10 December 1986, G. Monteith and G. Thompson, S96052; 2 males, same details but 930 m a.s.l., 11 December 1986, QM berlesate 733, rainforest, sieved litter, S96053.

Diagnostic description.

Male and female with head + 19 rings. Colour in alcohol pale yellow. Male/female ca 10.0/10.5 mm long; ring 12 maximum diameter ca 0.75/0.8 mm, maximum width ca 0.8/0.9 mm. Metatergal tubercles in 12-16 irregular transverse rows, mainly without setae; metatergal setae short with slightly flared tips; lateralmost row of tubercles not enlarged, not forming pseudo-paranotum. Legs 6 and 7 coxae with long mediodistal projections (shorter on leg 7) with rounded tips. Telopodite (Fig. 9B) with pp straight; at in transverse plane, short and narrowly triangular, tip not curving posteriorly (curve in Fig. 9B is artefact of drying); dp directed posterobasally and laterally at base; mab divided into 3 lobes increasing in width and length from anterior to posterior, with anterior lobe curving medially and pointed, middle lobe distally truncate, posterior lobe distally expanded, the distal margin curving cup-like anteriorly and with small notch near medial edge; meb curving behind mab, divided at ca one-quarter length into 2 subequal, closely appressed, needle-like processes.

Distribution.

Known only from rainforest on Mt Hosie and Mt Pershouse, ca 3 km apart in tropical north Queensland (Fig. 13A). Co-occurs with Agathodesmus yuccabinensis sp. n. on Mt Hosie.

Name.

For the Kirrama Range; noun in apposition.

Posterior gonopod views. A Agathodesmus kerensis sp. n., paratype ex QM S96046 B Agathodesmus kirrama sp. n., paratype ex QM S96051 C Agathodesmus morwellensis sp. n., paratype, NMV K-11889 D Agathodesmus parapholeus sp. n., paratype ex QM S96057. A, C, D are uncoated specimens; scale bars: A, C = 0.1 mm, B, D = 0.2 mm.

Localities in far north Queensland for A Agathodesmus adelphus sp. n. (open circle), Agathodesmus agnus sp. n. (open triangles), Agathodesmus gayundah sp. n. (filled triangle), Agathodesmus hahnensis sp. n. (open squares), Agathodesmus kerensis sp. n. (filled square), Agathodesmus kirrama sp. n. (filled circles), Agathodesmus millaa sp. n. (star) and B Agathodesmus parapholeus sp. n. (open circles), Agathodesmus quintanus sp. n. (crosses), Agathodesmus sagma sp. n. (open squares), Agathodesmus summus sp. n. (open triangles), and Agathodesmus yuccabinensis sp. n. (filled squares). Arrow in A indicates questionable, disjunct locality for Agathodesmus aenigmaticus sp. n. Mercator projections; inset shows location of main maps.