The centipede family Anopsobiidae new to North America, with the description of a new genus and species and notes on the Henicopidae of North America and the Anopsobiidae of the Northern Hemisphere (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha)
Author
Shear, William A.
text
Zootaxa
2018
4422
2
259
283
journal article
29146
10.11646/zootaxa.4422.2.6
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1175-5326
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Genus
Buethobius
Chamberlin, 1911
Uniarticulate leg tarsi 1–12 supposedly distinguish this genus from
Yobius
. The new genus
Spleopsosobius
is distinct from
Buethobius
in having modified tergites and a much greater number of antennomeres (up to 60 as opposed to
35–45 in
Buethobius
). The tarsus of leg 13 of
Buethobius
species can be either uniarticulate or biarticulate, depending on the species and perhaps on the developmental stage of the specimen. Pores are found only on the last four coxae, as opposed to the last five coxae in
Zygethobius
.
All tergites have rounded corners and practically straight posterior margins. The distribution of the genus is not well defined. The two Ohio species described by
Williams & Hefner (1928)
are difficult to recognize from the descriptions and have never been reported subsequent to the original publication.