An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses
Author
Schileyko, Arkady A.
schileyko1965@gmail.com
Author
Vahtera, Varpu
varpu.vahtera@gmail.com
Author
Edgecombe, Gregory D.
0000-0002-9591-8011
schileyko1965@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-08-10
4825
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1
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
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Newportia
(
Newportia
) Gervais, 1847
stat. nov.
Figs 19–21
Type
species.
Scolopocryptops longitarsis
Newport
, 1845
(by monotypy)
.
Diagnosis.
Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite straight (or more or less bilobed), divided by small median diastema and lacking any kind of tooth plates (
Fig. 21
); tarsungula long, overlapping each other by at least 1/3 of their length when adducted. LBS 7 with spiracles. Ultimate leg with tarsus 2 divided into 4–40 variably-distinct secondary articles (
Figs 19
,
20
), without claw-shaped pretarsus.
Number of species.
40 species plus 10 subspecies (new data).
Remarks.
Treated as a subgenus in
Ázara and Ferreira (2014: 267)
, Chagas-Jr (2018: 154).