Plateurytion roigi sp. nov., a new geophilid centipede (Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) from Southern Chile
Author
Pereira, Luis Alberto
text
Zootaxa
2016
4162
2
347
360
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.9
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Plateurytion
mauryi
Pereira, 2008
Plateurytion
mauryi
Pereira, 2008
: 80
Plateurytion
mauryi
:
Pereira, 2015
: 510
, 535 (in key)
New
material examined.
ARGENTINA
:
Mendoza province
:
Las Heras
department:
Puente
del
Inca
,
32º49´S
,
69º55´W
,
ca
.
2.933 m
a.s.l.
,
28 December 1981
,
A. H. Roig-Alsina
coll.:
1 ♀
with 65 leg-bearing segments, body length
40 mm
(MACN-My 31).
San Juan province
:
Calingasta
department:
Sierra
del
Tontal
,
16.91 km
E of
Barreal
, S
31.62592º W
69.27496º
,
2627 m
a.s.l.,
4-6 November 2013
, C. J. Grismado
et al
. coll.: 1 ♀ with 61 leg-bearing segments, body length
42 mm
(MACN-My 32); Iglesia department: Paso Agua Negra, km
110, 3250 m
a.s.l.,
23 January 1982
, A. H. Roig-Alsina coll.: 4 ♀♀ with 65 leg-bearing segments, body length 35, 40,
42, 43 mm
,
1 ♀
with 63 leg-bearing segments, body length
35 mm
(MACN-My 33);
Angaco
department:
Sierra de Pie de Palo
,
Cerro Mogote Corralitos
,
ca
.
3200 m
a.s.l.,
11-12 November 1980
, E. A. Maury coll.: 3 ♀♀ with 61 leg-bearing segments, body length 34, 34,
42 mm
(MACN-My 34).
Remarks.
This high altitude species was currently known from the female holotype only, from Mendoza province; the three latter localities cited above represent the first records of this taxon from San Juan province.
Variation.
Holotype
female with 63 leg-baring segments, body length
30 mm
(additional female from the same locality as the
holotype
, with 65 leg-bearing segments, body length
40 mm
). According to the new material listed herein, females having either 61, 63 or 65 leg-bearing segments, and body length ranging from
30 to 43 mm
in adult specimens. (Male, unknown).
Type
locality.
ARGENTINA
:
Mendoza province
:
Las Heras
department:
Puente
del
Inca
,
ca
.
2.933 m
a.s.l.
(
32º49´S
,
69º55´W
).
Known range.
ARGENTINA
:
Mendoza province
: Las Heras department
.
San Juan province
: Calingasta department; Iglesia department; Angaco department.