Notes on the unique structure of the spiracles and legs in Pandirodesmus disparipes Silvestri, 1932 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae), with some possible implications concerning its mode of life

Adis, Joachim (1950–2007); Golovač, Sergej Il'ič (1952– ); Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

doi:10.3161/00159301FF2000.43.9.097

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Notes on the unique structure of the spiracles and legs in Pandirodesmus disparipes Silvestri, 1932 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae), with some possible implications concerning its mode of life Adis, Joachim (1950–2007)Golovač, Sergej Il'ič (1952– )Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Object structure

Fragmenta Faunistica, vol. 43, no. 9 ; Uwagi o niezwykłej strukturze przetchlinek i odnóży Pandirodesmus disparipes Silvestri, 1932 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae) i jej możliwych konsekwencjach dla stylu życia krocionoga ; Notes on Pandirodesmus disparipes

Adis, Joachim (1950–2007) ; Golovač, Sergej Il'ič (1952– ) ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS

Warsaw

2000

Bibliogr. s. 107 ; S. 97-108 : il. ; 24 cm ; Streszcz. pol. Nazwy taksonów również łac.

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Pandirodesmus disparipes -- biologia gatunku -- Gujana [KABA] ; Pandirodesmus disparipes -- morfologia [KABA] ; węzławce ; Polydesmida ; kraina nearktyczna ; Gujana Brytyjska ; Myriapoda ; wije ; Diplopoda ; plastron ; dwuparce ; krocionogi ; struktura ; ekologia

Pandirodesmus disparipes SILVESTRI, 1932, a remarkable diplopod from Guyana taken from an unknown habitat, was restudied from type material. Based on some rare traits (erect metatergal spines; swollen distal parts of most tibiae plus the basal parts of the tarsi; apical part of most tarsi with numer-ous long but stiff setae instead of a claw) and unique (extruding tubiform spiracles; extremely long legs, with the posterior pair per segment being considerably longer than the anterior one; legs and sternites beset with ramose, tree-like setae) as well as some circumstantial evidence derived from fossils and a few Recent taxa, the mode of life and the environment in this species are presumed as climbing on humid vegetation and/or swimming/gliding on the water surface in floodplains or savannahs,by all means in very close if not direct contact with water.

Fragmenta Faunistica