New species and new records of the genus Ribautia Brölemann, 1909 (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) from South America
Author
Pereira, Luis A.
Author
Uliana, Marco
Author
Minelli, Alessandro
text
Zootaxa
2006
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45
68
journal article
50831
10.5281/zenodo.171440
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171440
Ribautia proxima
Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1995
Ribautia (Ribautia) proxima
Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri 1995
, Amazoniana 13 (3–4): 325, 331– 333, figs. 88–122
The species was hitherto known only from the
type
locality:
Brazil
: Amazonas: Reserva Florestal A. Ducke. We have recently identified material from the following additional localities:
Brazil
: Amazonas: secondary upland forest (
02º 34' S
60º 06' W
), capoeira,
7.11.1990
, M.
O
. de A. Ribeiro leg.:
1 juvenile
(Ψ?),
79 p.
l., b.l.
14 mm
(INPA); ibid.,
3.1.1991
: 1 Ψ with the two spermathecae full of spermatozoa and with mature ova,
81 p.
l., b.l.
32 mm
;
2 juveniles
(ɗɗ?), 75 and
77 p.
l., b.l.
14 mm
;
1 juvenile
(Ψ?),
81 p.
l., b.l.
19 mm
;
2 juveniles
(incomplete) (AM).
Brazil
: Amazonas: Rio Tarumã Mirím, capoeira,
25.4.1983
, J. Adis leg.: 1 Ψ with the two spermathecae full of mature spermatozoa,
79 p.
l., b.l.
32 mm
(MLP).
Guyane
Française: Piste de St. Elie: 16 Km from Sinnamary, J.M. Betsch leg.: 1 Ψ with the two spermathecae full of spermatozoa,
73 p.
l., b.l.
26 mm
,
5.5.1980
(MNHN); 1 Ψ with the two spermathecae full of spermatozoa,
75 p.
l., b.l.
25 mm
,
9.5.1980
(MNHN); 1 ɗ with tubula seminifera full of mature spermatozoa,
73 p.
l., b.l.
21 mm
;
1 juv.
(sex?) with only 3+3 coxal organs,
75 p.
l., b.l.
10 mm
,
5.6.1981
(MNHN).
The recently studied material includes specimens with number of leg pairs other than those recorded thus far, i.e. ɗɗ with 81 pairs of legs.