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
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journal article
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Family
Scolopocryptopidae Pocock, 1896
Diagnosis.
Eyes absent. Labrum with a single median tooth (
Fig. 23
); maxillae 2 with pectinate pretarsus (
Figs 10, 13
,
16
,
24
) which consists of two well-distinguishable parts (darker basal and a semi-transparent apical ones, see fig.
2 in
Schileyko 2018) but is not accompanied by any projections or accessory spine(s). Forcipular coxosternite with chitinised anterior margin (
Figs 8
,
21
), rarely with short projections (
Figs 9
,
22
) but never with prominent toothplates. Forcipular trochantero-prefemur with or without process. Sternites usually with variably expressed median longitudinal sulcus/suture, and rarely (in
Kethopinae
Shelley, 2002
) with a transverse suture(s). Coxopleuron with or without process. 23 LBS; spiracles on macrosegments (7
th
LBS with or without them), spiracles open, lacking flaps (
Fig. 25
, fig. 5A in Vahtera
et al
.) 2012b. Ultimate LBS considerably shorter than the penultimate one. Ultimate legs of four
types
(see below the subfamilial diagnoses). Tarsi of locomotory legs with two articles; legs with or without 1 or 2 tibial spurs and 1 tarsal spur. Ultimate leg prefemur with spinous processes.
Edgecombe & Bonato (2011)
also wrote: “Gizzard with stiff, pineapple-shaped, projections; main zone of projections having a kink near their midlength”.
Number of subtaxa.
3 subfamilies, 4 genera.
Range.
Caribbean Islands, Cocos Island, North, Central and South America; W Africa;
China
,
Japan
,
Korea
,
Vietnam
,
Philippines
, Sunda Archipelago, New
Guinea
,
Fiji
.
Remarks.
Treated as a family in
Edgecombe & Bonato (2011: 403)
,
Vahtera
et al.
(2012a: 4)
,
Vahtera
et al.
(2012b: 232)
,
Edgecombe
et al.
(2012: 768)
.