Description

Description. Male / female approximate measurements: length 16 / 16 mm, ring 12 paranota width 1.8 / 2.2 mm. Male as for T. armatum in live colour, colour in alcohol and most non-gonopod details, but overall widths tergite 6> 5> 4> (3,2, head)> collum, ring 12 paranota 1.3 × as wide as prozonite, 6 – 7 small setae in transverse rows on midbody metatergites (Fig. 3 A), ozopore opening very close to paranotal margin. Ring 6 sternite as for T. armatum, but with paired paramedian brushes of fine setae on anterior margin separated by shallow notch. Gonopod telopodite (Fig. 22) straight, slightly constricted just above base, with narrow buttress near base on anterolateral surface. Divided between 2 / 3 and 3 / 4 telopodite height into five processes (noted here lateral to medial): (a) large, anteroposteriorly flattened process, widely expanded distally, distal margin lower medially and minutely dentate, lateral end of margin broadly acuminate; (b) large, Y-shaped process, flattened anteroposteriorly, divided at ca 2 / 3 process height, tips roundly acuminate; (c) mediolaterally flattened laminate process, hook-shaped posteriorly; (d) solenomere with slender, distally directed, posteriorly curving distal branch and short, broad, posteriorly directed basal branch; (e) small, slender medial process arising basal to solenomere origin, directed posterodistally, with expanded, truncate tip. Posterodistally directed tract of 20 – 30 stout, rod-like setae on posteromedial surface from ca 1 / 3 to 2 / 3 telopodite height; small group of fine setae on posterolateral surface just above base; longitudinal row of 5 – 6 fine setae laterally at mid-height on telopodite. Prostatic groove running distally and slightly posteriorly on posteromedial surface to base of solenomere. Female more robust than male; posterior margin of epigynum slightly elevated at both ends and produced medially as small, rounded triangle.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Diplopoda

Order: Polydesmida

Family: Dalodesmidae

Genus: Tasmaniosoma

Species: Tasmaniosoma warra Mesibov, 2010