A new soil centipede from South-East Asia with a unique arrangement of ventral glands, and a revised synopsis of Gonibregmatidae (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha)
A new gonibregmatid centipede, , , is described based on two females from a single location in northern Vietnam. The new genus and species are distinguished mainly by the arrangement of the ventral pore-fields, which is unique among all Chilopoda. A critically revised synopsis of the Gonibregmatidae...
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| Published in: | ZooKeys Vol. 838; pp. 111 - 132 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Bulgaria
Pensoft Publishers
2019
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| Summary: | A new gonibregmatid centipede,
,
, is described based on two females from a single location in northern Vietnam. The new genus and species are distinguished mainly by the arrangement of the ventral pore-fields, which is unique among all Chilopoda. A critically revised synopsis of the Gonibregmatidae is also given. In particular, three species are provisionally recognized in
Pocock, 1891:
Silvestri, 1919,
Pocock, 1891 (=
Silvestri, 1919,
), and
Pocock, 1891. The genera
Verhoeff, 1937 and
Verhoeff, 1937, with their species
Verhoeff, 1937 and
Verhoeff, 1937, are moved to the Gonibregmatidae, whereas
Attems, 1930 is moved to the Oryidae as
(Attems, 1930), |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Academic editor: Pavel Stoev |
| ISSN: | 1313-2989 1313-2970 |
| DOI: | 10.3897/zookeys.838.33131 |