Figures 1-2
Habitus of living Leptherpum tialaura sp. nov. Photo: G. Puorto.
Figures 3-8
General somatic features of L. carinovatum (Attems, 1898Attems CG (1898) System der Polydesmiden. I. Theil. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 67: 221-482). (3) male (IBSP 8300), head, oral view; (4) male (IBSP 8300), gnathochilarium, ventral view; (5) male (IBSP 8300), antenna, lateral view; (6) male (IBSP 8300), coxae of 2nd pair of legs, showing the gonopores, ventral view; (7) male syntype (ZMH), detail of body rings 6-7, ventral view; (8) male (IBSP 8300), body ring 7, detail of gonopod aperture, ventral view. The arrows point to the gonopores. Scale bars: 3-5, 8 = 1 mm; 6 = 500 µm; 7 = 2.5 mm.
Figures 9-14
General somatic features of LeptherpumAttems, 1931Attems CG (1931) Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica Stuttgart (79): 1-150.. (9), (11), (13) L. carinovatum (IBSP 8300), male, metazonites, dorsal view. (9) body ring 8; (11) body ring 9; (13) detail of tubercles of body ring 9; (10), (12), (14) Leptherpum tialaura sp. nov. (male holotype, IBSP 7972), metazonites, dorsal view; (10) body ring 8; (12) body ring 9; (14) detail of tubercles of body ring 9. Scale bars: 9-11 = 1 mm; 12 = 2 mm; 13 = 100 µm; 14 = 200 µm.
Figures 15-18
Gonopodal features of LeptherpumAttems, 1931Attems CG (1931) Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica Stuttgart (79): 1-150.. (15) L. carinovatum (IBSP 8300), male, right gonopod, mesal view; (16) L. carinovatum (IBSP 8300), male, left gonopod, ectal view; (17) L. tialaura sp. nov. (IBSP 7952), male, left gonopod, mesal view; (18) L. tialaura sp. nov. (IBSP 7952), male, right gonopod, ectal view. The arrow refers to the spiniform process. Scale bars: 15-18 = 500 µm.
Figures 19-22
Leptherpum tialaura sp. nov. (IBSP 4130), female. (19) epigyne, ventral view; (20) left vulva, ventral view; (21), (22) right vulva, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: 19 = 500 µm; 20 = 300 µm; 21-22 = 400 µm.
Figures 23-28
Leptherpum carinovatum (Attems, 1898Attems CG (1898) System der Polydesmiden. I. Theil. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 67: 221-482), male syntype (ZMH). (23) anterior body rings, dorsal view; (24) midbody rings, dorsal view; (25) posterior body rings, dorsal view; (26), (27) left gonopod, mesal view, different gonopod tilt degrees; (28) left gonopod, ectal view. Scale bars: 23-24 = 5 mm; 25 = 2.5 mm; 26-28 = 100 µm.
Figures 29-34
Leptherpum tialaura sp. nov., male holotype (IBSP 7972). (29) anterior body rings, dorsal view; (30) midbody rings, dorsal view; (31) posterior body rings, dorsal view; (32) right gonopod, mesal view; (33) right gonopod, ventral view; (34) right gonopod, ectal view. Scale bars: 29-34 = 1 mm.
Figures 35-40
Leptherpum buenovillegasi sp. nov., male holotype (INPA 396). (35) anterior body rings, dorsal view; (36) midbody rings, dorsal view; (37) posterior body rings, dorsal view; (38) right gonopod, mesal view; (39) right gonopod, ventral view; (40) right gonopod, ectal view. Scale bars: 35-37 = 2 mm; 38-40 = 500 µm.
Figures 41-46
Leptherpum battirolai sp. nov., male holotype (INPA 397). (41) anterior body rings, dorsal view; (42) midbody rings, dorsal view; (43) posterior body rings, dorsal view; (44) right gonopod, mesal view; (45) right gonopod, ventral view; (46) right gonopod, ectal view. Scale bars: 41-43 = 2 mm; 44-46 = 500 µm.
Figures 47-52
Leptherpum battirolai sp. nov. (47), (48) male holotype (INPA 397). (47) leg of body ring 8, lateral view; (48) sternite of body ring 10, ventral view; (49)-(52) female paratype (INPA 398). (49) epigyne, ventral view; (50), (51) right vulva, ventral view; (52) right vulva, lateral view. Scale bars: 47 = 2 mm; 48-49 = 1 mm; 50-51 = 500 µm.
Figure 53
Distribution map of LeptherpumAttems, 1931Attems CG (1931) Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica Stuttgart (79): 1-150. species. Taxa without precise geographic coordinates, i.e., L. californicum, L. huebneri, and L. schomburgkii, are not shown.