Area C Antichiropus Millipede Antichiropus pendiculus Car, 2019
Fauna Portal species: 11193
Antichiropus pendiculus male, lateral (WAM T91867)
Image: Car et al. (2019; fig. 27A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 2079Diagnosis
(after Car et al. 2019) Male Antichiropus pendiculus are most similar to A. cirratus: both have long, slender, curled solenomeres, distinct from those of all other Pilbara species. Antichiropus cirratus has, however, a noticeable protuberance on the distal end of the femorite, lacking in A. pendiculus. The most noticeable feature of A. pendiculus is that it lacks a solenomere process of any description, though it does conform to the genus in its other characteristics.
Antichiropus pendiculus is currently listed as Priority 1 (P1) species ("poorly-known species - known from few locations, none on conservation lands") in Western Australia.
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Similar Species
Publications
(2019): The millipede genus Antichiropus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae), part 3: species of the Pilbara bioregion of Western Australia. Zootaxa. 4617: 1 - 71