Chen Chao-Chun, Golovatch Sergei I, Chang Hsueh-Wen, Chen Shyh-Hwang
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-Hai Rd., Kaohsiung, Taiwan 804, ROC.
Zookeys. 2011 May 13(98):1-27. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.98.1183.
The millipede genus Chamberlinius is basically confined to Taiwan, with only one of the four known species presumably introduced to southern Japan. Both previously known species are redescribed, based on new material: Chamberlinius hualienensis Wang, 1956 (the type species) and Chamberlinius piceofasciatus (Gressitt, 1941), the latter being a new subjective senior synonym of Chamberlinius shengmui Wang, 1957, syn. n. Two further congeners are described as new: Chamberlinius pessiorsp. n. and Chamberlinius sublaevussp. n. The genus is re-diagnosed, all of its four species are keyed, and their distributions mapped. The tribe Chamberlinini is reclassified and, based on gonopod traits, shown to comprise the following five genera: Chamberlinius Wang, 1956, Haplogonosoma Brölemann, 1916, Riukiupeltis Verhoeff, 1939, Aponedyopus Verhoeff, 1939 and Geniculodesmus Chen, Golovatch and Chang, 2008.
球马陆属(Chamberlinius)基本局限于台湾地区,已知的四种球马陆中只有一种可能被引入到了日本南部。基于新材料,对之前已知的两个物种进行了重新描述:花莲球马陆(Chamberlinius hualienensis Wang,1956年,模式种)和云纹球马陆(Chamberlinius piceofasciatus (Gressitt, 1941)),后者是1957年王生木所定的生木球马陆(Chamberlinius shengmui Wang)的新主观同物异名,新组合。另外两个同属物种被描述为新物种:劣球马陆(Chamberlinius pessior sp. n.)和亚光球马陆(Chamberlinius sublaevus sp. n.)。对该属进行了重新诊断,列出了所有四个物种的检索表,并绘制了它们的分布图。对球马陆族(Chamberlinini)进行了重新分类,基于生殖肢特征,表明该族包括以下五个属:1956年的球马陆属(Chamberlinius Wang)、1916年的单瘤马陆属(Haplogonosoma Brölemann)、1939年的琉球马陆属(Riukiupeltis Verhoeff)、1939年的阿波尼马陆属(Aponedyopus Verhoeff)和2008年的膝马陆属(Geniculodesmus Chen, Golovatch and Chang)。