Occurrence of Millotellina (Myriapoda, Symphyla) in China with the description of two new species
Author
Jin, Ya-Li
Author
Bu, Yun
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-31
4691
3
215
224
journal article
25003
10.11646/zootaxa.4691.3.2
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1175-5326
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Genus
Millotellina
Jupeau, 1954
Genus diagnosis.
Trunk with 15 tergites. The first tergite is rudimentary and some tergites have lateral macrochaetae inserted at the broadest part. The first pair of legs has 4 segments. Styli and coxal sacs are well developed. One or two median ventral processes with numerous pubescence are located between coxal sacs or posterior to them (
Szucsich & Scheller 2011
).
Distribution.
Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian and Micronesian regions.
Remarks.
The genus
Millotellina
includes 11 species that are grouped into two subgenera. The nominate subgenus
Millotellina
contains 10 species that have a single median ventral process between each pair of the coxal sacs of legs 5–10/11 or posterior to each of the coxal sacs of legs 4–10:
Millotellina splendens
Jupeau, 1954
(known from Nosy Bé,
Madagascar
,
Réunion
,
Sri Lanka
);
Millotellina parva
Jupeau, 1954 (
Réunion
)
;
Millotellina media
Jupeau, 1954 (
Cameroon
)
;
Millotellina reducta
Jupeau, 1957
(New
Guinea
);
Millotellina monteithi
Naumann & Scheller, 1977
(northern
Australia
);
Millotellina krakatauanus
Scheller, 1988
(Krakatau Islands of
Indonesia
);
Millotellina michelbacheri
Jupeau, 1991 (
Micronesia
)
;
Millotellina remyi
Jupeau, 1991 (
Micronesia
)
,
Millotellina centralis
sp. n.
(
China
) and
Millotellina bambusinus
sp. n.
(
China
). The second subgenus
Diplomillotellina
, with paired median ventral processes posterior to each of the coxal sacs of legs 5–9 is represented by single species,
Millotellina bidens
Naumann
&
Scheller, 1977
from southern
Australia
. The genus
Millotellina
is newly recorded from
China
in this paper.