FIGURES 1–6. Rharodesmus tabarkensis n in Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960 — a tropical element in the North African fauna: a new species from Tunisia and notes on the family Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

FIGURES 1–6. Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp., adult, morphological details: Fig. 1 Head and first two body rings, adult male, anterior view; Fig. 2 Collum and three subsequent tergites, adult female; Fig. 3 Prozona detail: cellular scaly structure (left), transverse ridge of tooth-shaped cuticular 'cells' and knobby area next to metazona (right), adult female; Fig. 4 Body rings 3 and 4, showing microsculpture of prozona and tubercles of metazona, adult female; Fig.5 Tubercles on metazona 7 and 8, adult female; Fig 6 Limbus, adult male. Abbreviations: lb: posterior lobe; o: ozopore; p: porostele; t: caudolateral tubercle.