Benedictesmus timber Shear & Marek, 2021

Benedictesmus timber Shear & Marek , n. sp.

Figs 118–120 View FIGURES 117–120 , 136, 137 View FIGURES 133–137

Type. Male holotype from 0.3 mi west of SPRR overpass on SR26, 3 mi west of Timber , 45.5251°, -123.2390°, Washington Co., Oregon, collected 27 November 1971 by E. M. Benedict. The holotype is mounted on SEM stub WS33-12, deposited in CAS .

Diagnosis. The terminal zone of the gonopods is unique among Benedictesmus species in that both terminal processes are bent or curled into hooks ( Figs 136, 137 View FIGURES 133–137 ).

Etymology. The species name is a noun in apposition referring to the type locality near Timber, Oregon.

Description. Male holotype. Nineteen rings. Length about 5.0 mm, greatest width 0.52 mm. Head densely setose, cuticle alveolate ( Fig. 118 View FIGURES 117–120 ). Collum ( Fig. 118 View FIGURES 117–120 ) with anterior marginal row of 18 setae. Anterior metazonites with three rows of setae, transitioning to four rows ( Fig. 119 View FIGURES 117–120 ) about ring 7, setal tubercles becoming almost obsolete on midbody to posterior rings. Alveolate cuticle absent from metazonite posterior to collum. Epiproct ( Fig. 120 View FIGURES 117–120 ) greatly swollen, short, strongly decurved at nearly right angle, without alveolate cuticle. Anterior legs crassate, tarsi with sphaerotrichomes. Gonopod with flattened prefemorite. Acropodite short, robust. Pulvillus ( p, Fig. 136 View FIGURES 133–137 ) distal just below terminal zone, pulvillar process absent. Terminal zone bifurcate, both processes strongly curved, hooklike ( Figs 136, 137 View FIGURES 133–137 ). Females unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.