Sellanucheza typica Golovatch, 2013
Fig. 5 F, G
Sellanucheza typica Golovatch 2013 b: 329 (D, K).
Distribution.
China, Sichuan Province, Maoxian County, Southeast of Nanxinzhen, 3,155 m a. s. l., 31°34'04"N, 103°47'41"E (Golovatch 2013 b).
Remarks.
This species shows poorly developed paraterga which are nonetheless traceable as bulges demarcated by sulci at least dorsally. It differs clearly from the structurally similar S. variata by the complete absence of pleurosternal carinae (vs present until ring 5 in S. variata). The gonopods are highly diagnostic, characterized by an elongate, coiled and slender femorite (fe) (Fig. 5 F). The solenophore (sph) is subequal in length to the femorite, clearly coiled, and deeply bifurcated into an outer spiniform and an inner subspatuliform branch (Fig. 5 F). The base of the solenophore bears a long, slender, acute process pa curved anteroventrad (Fig. 5 F, G), while the distal part of the femorite is supplied with a short and spiniform process pb curved dorsad (Fig. 5 G). These gonopodal features, particularly the slenderer femorite, make S. typica readily distinguished from S. variata, the latter possessing a significantly stouter femorite. The species is currently known only from the type locality (highest elevation of 3,155 m a. s. l. in this genus) in Sichuan Province, thus being endemic to northern China.
Publication Date: 2026-06-23