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Apterourus palomar Shear, Richart & Marek, 2025
1863604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1863604)
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Shear, W. A.; Richart, C. H.; Marek, P. E. (2025). A third species of the rare millipede genus Apterourus Loomis, 1966 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Striarioidea: Apterouridae). <em>Insecta Mundi.</em> 1159: 1-7., available online at https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insecta_mundi/2025/11/1159_shear_etal_2025/
page(s): 2, Figs 1-9 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 2, Figs 1-9 [details] Available for editors
Holotype VMNH, geounit California
Holotype VMNH, geounit California [details]
Etymology The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality.
Etymology The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality. [details]
Decker, P.; Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J.; Barber, A.D.; Antic, D.; Bouzan, R.; Enghoff, H.; Hennen, D.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Means, J.; Nguyen, A. D.; Simmons, E.; Wesener, T. (2026). MilliBase. Apterourus palomar Shear, Richart & Marek, 2025. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1863604 on 2026-10-10
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Shear, W. A.; Richart, C. H.; Marek, P. E. (2025). A third species of the rare millipede genus Apterourus Loomis, 1966 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Striarioidea: Apterouridae). <em>Insecta Mundi.</em> 1159: 1-7., available online at https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insecta_mundi/2025/11/1159_shear_etal_2025/
page(s): 2, Figs 1-9 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 2, Figs 1-9 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype VMNH, geounit California [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Differing from Apterourus horizontalis and A. serratus in the details of the gonopods. The lateral branch of the inner angiocoxite is longer than the outer angiocoxite (oac) and is sharply hooked in A. palomar, while it is shorter than the outer angiocoxite and straight or slightly curved in the other two species. The inner branch of the inner angiocoxite bears many thin cuticular fimbriae in A. palomar, but is smooth in A. horizontalis and A. serratus. The ninth legs of males are distally bifid in A. palomar, not so in the other species. The posterior paranotal lobes are reduced in both males and females of A. palomar in comparison to both congeners. [details]Etymology The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality. [details]
