Rabbit Ear Antichiropus Millipede Antichiropus cunicularis Car, 2019
Fauna Portal species: 11181
Antichiropus cunicularis male, lateral (WAM T144588; McPhee Creek, ca. 33 km N. of Nullagine, Western Australia)
Image: Car et al. (2019; fig 12A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 9384Diagnosis
(after Car 2019): Antichiropus cunicularis is distinguishable from other similar species, namely A. spathion, A. sloanae, and A. simmonsi by the size of the main femoral process and the prolongation of the femorite: in A. cunicularis both structures ca. 1/3 length of the solenomere, but are much smaller in the other species. In addition, A. cunicularis has a banana-shaped main femoral process, different from those of the other species.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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Publications
(2019): The millipede genus Antichiropus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), part 3: species of the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. Zootaxa. 4617: 1 - 71