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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.687.13844" ID-GBIF-Dataset="a97dc39f-1ade-417b-ae6d-9d6b9b0deda5" ID-PMC="PMC5672571" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-687-11" ID-PubMed="29114162" ID-ZBK="94C0F9A537584AFE93AE87ED5EDF744D" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2017" ModsDocID="1313-2970-687-11" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 687" ModsDocTitle="A new cave centipede from Croatia, Eupolybothrusliburnicus sp. n., with notes on the subgenus Schizopolybothrus Verhoeff, 1934 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)" checkinTime="1502744428883" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Akkari, Nesrine, Komericki, Ana, Weigand, Alexander M., Edgecombe, Gregory D. & Stoev, Pavel" docDate="2017" docId="6818539105F1BC11B82CDD2B63F61024" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 687: 11-43" docOrigin="ZooKeys 687" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.687.13844" docTitle="Eupolybothrus wardaranus Verhoeff 1937, stat. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="17" masterDocId="FFFFFFA7D81EFFB9FFDBBF43FF8EFF8C" masterDocTitle="A new cave centipede from Croatia, Eupolybothrusliburnicus sp. n., with notes on the subgenus Schizopolybothrus Verhoeff, 1934 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)" masterLastPageNumber="43" masterPageNumber="11" pageNumber="15" updateTime="1668164647835" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A new cave centipede from Croatia, Eupolybothrusliburnicus sp. n., with notes on the subgenus Schizopolybothrus Verhoeff, 1934 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Weigand, Alexander M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Edgecombe, Gregory D.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Stoev, Pavel</mods:namePart>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="132648759" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6818539105F1BC11B82CDD2B63F61024" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6818539105F1BC11B82CDD2B63F61024" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="17" pageId="4" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName authority="Verhoeff, 1937" authorityName="Verhoeff" authorityYear="1937" class="Chilopoda" family="Lithobiidae" genus="Eupolybothrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eupolybothrus wardaranus" order="Chilopoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wardaranus">Eupolybothrus wardaranus (Verhoeff, 1937)</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="4" pageNumber="15">stat. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 9, 11F
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<taxonomicName class="Chilopoda" family="Lithobiidae" genus="Eupolybothrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eupolybothrus acherontis" order="Chilopoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subspecies" species="acherontis" subspecies="wardaranus">Eupolybothrus acherontis wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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Verhoeff, 1937: 100.
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="15" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Syntypes. 1 ♂ Reg. Nr. A 200500641; 1 ♀ juv., slide preparation, Reg. Nr. A20030873, "Mazedonien: Skoplje" (ZSM).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="17" pageId="4" pageNumber="15" type="descriptive notes based on the syntype ♂">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Descriptive notes based on the syntype ♂.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Body length: (from anterior margin of cephalic plate to posterior margin of telson) approx. 29.2 mm.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Colour: uniform, yellowish brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">
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Head: cephalic plate slightly broader than long (2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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2.5 mm, respectively) and wider than T1; surface smooth, with scattered setae. Cephalic median sulcus contributing to biconvex anterior margin, marginal ridge with a median thickening; posterior margin straight to slightly concave; transverse suture situated at about 1/3rd of anterior edge; posterior limbs of transverse suture visible, connecting basal antennal article with anterior part of the ocellar area.
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Ocelli: 18-20, pale, in 4 irregular rows; outermost first seriate ocellus largest; ocelli of the middle two rows medium-sized, those of inferior row smallest.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Tömösváry’s">Toemoesvary's</normalizedToken>
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organ: moderately large (as large as a medium ocellus), oval and situated on a sub-triangular sclerotisation below the inferiormost row of seriate ocelli.
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Clypeus: showing a cluster of ca. 25 setae situated on the apex and near the lateral margins.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Antennae: 10.4 mm, with 80 (left) and 79 (right) articles.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="15">Forcipular segment: Coxosternum with 11+10 teeth and a porodont situated lateral of the distalmost tooth.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="4" pageNumber="15">
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Tergites: T1 wider than long, subtrapeziform, wider anteriorly, posterior margin slightly emarginated, marginal ridge with a small median thickening; TT3 and 5 more elongated than T1, posterior margin slightly emarginated medially, posterior angles rounded; posterior angles of T4 rounded; posterior margin of T8 slightly emarginated medially, angles rounded; TT6 and 7 with posterior angles abruptly rounded; TT9, 11, 13 with well-developed posterior triangular projections; posterior margin of TT10 and 12 slightly emarginated and 14 almost straight (Fig. 9C); intermediate tergite hexagonal, with a broad median groove narrowing distad and posterior margin almost straight, lateral edges thickened and covered with setae; middle part of posterior third of tergite densely covered with setae; laterally, on both sides of the central
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<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="16" start="start">setose</pageBreakToken>
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area there are two specific bare subtrapezoid spots. All tergites smooth, setae present only along their lateral margins.
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="16">Legs: leg 15 10.9 mm long, ca. 37% of body length; pectinal (seriate) setae missing on tarsus 1 and 2 of leg 15, present in one short row on tarsus 2 of leg 14, in one row on tarsus 1 and two rows on tarsus 2 of legs 1-13. Tibia with two ventral spines (Fig. 9E). Prefemur of leg 15 with a large proximal knob (pk) protruding mediad and bearing long scattered setae on tip (Fig. 9B). Mesial ridge thin, extending 2/3 of prefemur length, gently narrowing distad. Posterior margin of prefemur without circular protuberance between p and m dorso-medially; rest of prefemur with obvious marks of setae.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="5" pageNumber="16">
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Figure 9.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. wardaranus" pageId="5" pageNumber="16" rank="species" species="wardaranus">E. wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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, male syntype. A Habitus B Terminal part, dorsal view C TT14-15, dorsal view D Sternites 14-15, ventral view E Tibia of leg 15. Arrows pointing to the ventral spines.
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="17" start="start">Coxal</pageBreakToken>
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pores: generally round, arranged in 5 irregular rows, pores of inner rows largest, size decreasing outwards; pores separated from each other by a distance more than, or equal to their diameter.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Sternites: smooth, subtrapeziform, with few sparse setae, mainly at lateral margins; posterior margins straight.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Genitalia: posterior margin of male first genital sternite concave, broadly V-shaped, posterior margin densely covered with long setae, the rest of sternite sparsely covered with shorter setae. Gonopod not depicted.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Description of the syntype ♀, based on the slide A20030873 (ZSM) (Fig. 10).The slide preparation contains the cephalic plate with mandibles in situ, maxillae (Fig. 10B), forcipular segment and terminal segments of a female syntype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Clypeus: with a cluster of ca. 30 setae situated on the apex, near the lateral margins and smaller one scatted over the surface (Fig. 10A).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Forcipular segment: Coxosternum with 8+9 teeth and a porodont situated lateral of the distalmost tooth (Fig. 10C, D).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Female gonopods: densely setose, with 2+2 long and pointed spurs slightly bent and a single claw; outer spur 1.5 times longer than the inner one (Fig. 10E, F).</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
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Figure 10.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. wardaranus" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="wardaranus">E. wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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, female syntype. A Cephalic plate ventral showing clypeus and mandibles B Maxillae C Forcipular coxosternum D Close-up of the tooth plate E, F Terminal segments and genitalia, ventral view.
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="17" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="17">
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Although originally described as a subspecies of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. acherontis" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="acherontis">E. acherontis</taxonomicName>
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, both the nominate subspecies as well as
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. acherontis" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="subspecies" species="acherontis" subspecies="wardaranus">E. acherontis wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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have subsequently been suspected to be junior synonyms of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. caesar" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="caesar">E. caesar</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation author="Stoev, P" journalOrPublisher="Arthropoda Selecta" pageId="10" pageNumber="21" pagination="199 - 206" title="On centipedes (Chilopoda) of Albania, 2." volume="9" year="2001 a">Stoev 2001a</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation author="Stoev, P" journalOrPublisher="Historia naturalis bulgarica" pageId="10" pageNumber="21" pagination="93 - 107" title="On the centipedes (Chilopoda) of the Republic of Macedonia." volume="13" year="2001 b">b</bibRefCitation>
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). Re-examination of its types now shows that
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. wardaranus" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="wardaranus">E. wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. caesar" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="caesar">E. caesar</taxonomicName>
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by the presence of a distomedial projection on the leg 14 prefemur in the latter species (Fig. 11A), versus its absence in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. wardaranus" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="wardaranus">E. wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 9B), and especially by the paired ventral spines on the tibia in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. wardaranus" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="wardaranus">E. wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 9E).
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. caesar" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="caesar">E. caesar</taxonomicName>
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also has a swelling on the dorsal proximalmost part of the leg 15 prefemur (proximal to the knob; Fig. 11A) that is less developed in all other species, including
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. wardaranus" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="wardaranus">E. wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 11F). Since
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. acherontis" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="acherontis">E. acherontis</taxonomicName>
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is known only from a female, the subspecific classification of Verhoeff is difficult to uphold. Accordingly,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. wardaranus" pageId="6" pageNumber="17" rank="species" species="wardaranus">E. wardaranus</taxonomicName>
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is treated as a valid species herein.
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