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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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
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Thalkethops
Crabill, 1960
Fig. 12
Type
species.
Thalkethops grallatrix
Crabill, 1960
(by monotypy).
Diagnosis.
Sternites without lateral margination as well as both median and transverse sutures but with “a shallow midlongitudinal and rather broad sulcus” according to the original description.
Number of species.
1.
Remarks.
Treated as a genus in
Edgecombe & Bonato (2011: 405)
,
Bonato
et al.
(2016)
,
Lewis (2016b: 26)
. In his short and undetailed account on
Kethopinae,
Shelley (2002: 78)
reasonably mentioned that “There is very little difference between
Thalkethops
and
Kethops
, and they may have to merged when more material of both is available”, noting (p. 79) 6 other (in addition to the
holotype
) available specimens from six “new localities” (all in
New Mexico
) and mentioning that “No observable variation is evident”.