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<figureCitation id="13292A7CB435BE772D9B62EAFEECEEF7" box="[151,275,1698,1724]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 2 – 7" captionStart-1="FIGURES 8 – 11" captionStart-2="FIGURE 19" captionStartId-0="6.[151,272,1918,1942]" captionStartId-1="7.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionStartId-2="10.[151,255,1416,1440]" captionTargetBox-0="[159,1425,234,1868]" captionTargetBox-1="[270,1312,205,1958]" captionTargetBox-2="[154,1434,386,1388]" captionTargetId-0="figure@6.[151,1436,178,1897]" captionTargetId-1="figure@7.[269,1312,189,1959]" captionTargetId-2="figure@10.[151,1436,381,1393]" captionTargetPageId-0="6" captionTargetPageId-1="7" captionTargetPageId-2="10" captionText-0="FIGURES 2 – 7. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 2 – 3. Habitus of holotype (Ar. - MWHU-SCJZ 0908), dorsal and ventral views. 4 – 5. Head and tergites 1 – 5, dorsal and ventral views. 6 – 7. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars of figs. 2 – 3: 10.0 mm. Scale bars of figs. 4 – 7: 5.0 mm." captionText-1="FIGURES 8 – 11. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1 – 5. 9. Tergites 9 – 15. 10 – 11. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." captionText-2="FIGURE 19. Map of southwestern China, showing the type locality (red star) for Theatops chuanensis n. sp." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/276392/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/276393/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/276394/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Figs. 2–19</figureCitation>
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:
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: Sichuan Province, Nanping County, Jiuzhai Valley; leg. Zhiyong
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,
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<date id="FFAC1039B435BE772D9B635AFEFCEF67" box="[151,259,1810,1836]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" value="2009-08">viii.2009</date>
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Prefemur and femur of ultimate leg lacking spines on ventral side; dorsal distomedial prefemoral spur absent; medial border of coxopleuron slightly prolonged posteriorly, acuminate, bearing a small spine at apex; pore field extending near to posterior margin of coxopleuron; 10 pairs of round spiracles, on segments 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20.
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB436BE742D9B6336FEB8EFDD" bold="true" box="[151,327,1918,1942]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">FIGURES 2–7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB436BE742F376336FD86EFDD" bold="true" box="[571,633,1918,1942]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">n. sp.</emphasis>
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holotype. 2–3. Habitus of holotype (Ar.-MWHU-SCJZ0908), dorsal and ventral views. 4–5. Head and tergites 1–5, dorsal and ventral views. 6–7. Tergites 19–21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars of figs. 2–3: 10.0 mm. Scale bars of figs. 4–7: 5.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB437BE752D9B63FBFEB1EF80" bold="true" box="[151,334,1971,1995]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">FIGURES 8–11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB437BE752C5963FCFDCCEF80" box="[341,563,1972,1995]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">Theatops chuanensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB437BE752F3663FBFD89EF80" bold="true" box="[570,630,1971,1995]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">n. sp.</emphasis>
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holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1–5. 9. Tergites 9–15. 10–11. Tergites 19–21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB438BE7A2D9B63DEFEA1EFE5" bold="true" box="[151,350,1942,1966]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">FIGURES 12–18.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB438BE7A2C6A63DFFDB9EFE5" box="[358,582,1943,1966]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">Theatops chuanensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB438BE7A2F4163DEFD74EFE5" bold="true" box="[589,651,1942,1966]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">n. sp.</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="54A9885BB438BE7A2F9E63DEFD0CEFE6" box="[658,755,1942,1965]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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. 12–13. Head and tergite 1 and 2, dorsal and ventral views. 14. Right lateral view of 7th and 8th segments. 15. Spiracle. 16–18. Legs 1 (left), 18 (right) and 20 (left). Scale bars (except 15): 2.5 mm, scale bar(15): 0.25 mm.
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2DC964DFFEA9E8FA" bold="true" box="[197,342,151,177]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Etymology:</emphasis>
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The specific epithet refers to the locality where the specimen was collected. The prefecture name “Chuan” is compounded with the suffix “ensis”.
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Length 76.6 mm (
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).
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Cephalic plate, coxosternite and forcipules, T1–2, ultimate segment and ultimate legs pale orange (
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). Antennae, T3–20, all sternites, and dorsal aspects of legs light yellow. Margin of coxosternal tooth plates, tibial and tarsal spurs, and distal parts of pretarsi red-brown. Ventral aspects of legs pale yellow with nearly white patches.
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<paragraph id="8BAD36F9B439BE7B2DC965D5FB12EAD6" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
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Tegument smooth. Cephalic plate rounded, about as long as wide, overlapping T1; two pale areas instead of lateral ocelli at base of antennae (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2F4B658AFD44E997" box="[583,699,450,476]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 7" captionStartId="6.[151,272,1918,1942]" captionTargetBox="[159,1425,234,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,178,1897]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 7. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 2 – 3. Habitus of holotype (Ar. - MWHU-SCJZ 0908), dorsal and ventral views. 4 – 5. Head and tergites 1 – 5, dorsal and ventral views. 6 – 7. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars of figs. 2 – 3: 10.0 mm. Scale bars of figs. 4 – 7: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276392/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figures 4</figureCitation>
|
||
, 12); pair of unequal, longitudinal sutures on posterior part of cephalic plate, the longer less than half length of cephalic plate, terminating slightly anteriad of posterior margin (Figure 12). Antenna extending to posterior end of T5, with 17 articles, the basal four bearing very few scattered setae dorsally; 1st article sparsely setose ventrally, increasing to moderately setose by 3rd and densely setose at 5th article (Figure 13). Coxosternal tooth plate narrowing distad, with 1–2 teeth, where paired, situated near medial and lateral margins (Figure 13); trochanteroprefemoral process thorn-like.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BAD36F9B439BE7B2DC966E0FDBCEC16" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
|
||
T1 with anterior transverse sulcus and cruciform sutures (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2E6766E0FC22EA89" box="[875,989,680,706]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 7" captionStartId="6.[151,272,1918,1942]" captionTargetBox="[159,1425,234,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,178,1897]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 7. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 2 – 3. Habitus of holotype (Ar. - MWHU-SCJZ 0908), dorsal and ventral views. 4 – 5. Head and tergites 1 – 5, dorsal and ventral views. 6 – 7. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars of figs. 2 – 3: 10.0 mm. Scale bars of figs. 4 – 7: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276392/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figures 2</figureCitation>
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||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2EE666E0FC05EA89" box="[1002,1018,680,706]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 11" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[270,1312,205,1958]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[269,1312,189,1959]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 11. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1 – 5. 9. Tergites 9 – 15. 10 – 11. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276393/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">8</figureCitation>
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, 12); former straight for most of its length, forming obtuse angle at midline; anterior halves of cruciform sutures bissected by longitudinal median furrow continuing anterior to the anterior transverse sulcus. T2–20 with pair of complete paramedian sutures (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2D936750FEF9EB79" box="[159,262,792,818]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 11" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[270,1312,205,1958]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[269,1312,189,1959]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 11. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1 – 5. 9. Tergites 9 – 15. 10 – 11. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276393/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figure 9</figureCitation>
|
||
); T2–5 additionally with bilobate transverse suture between anterior part of paramedian sutures and oblique sutures across more than half of tergites lateral to paramedian sutures (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B29906775FAF2EB1C" box="[1180,1293,829,855]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 11" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[270,1312,205,1958]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[269,1312,189,1959]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 11. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1 – 5. 9. Tergites 9 – 15. 10 – 11. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276393/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figure 8</figureCitation>
|
||
). T21 with longitudinal median suture terminating just short of caudal margin; length of tergite nearly twice width. Sternites 1–20 with round median depressions. S21 attenuated posteriorly, elongate subtriangular, lateral margins weakly concave, posteromedian margin with slight indentation (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2EF467E5FB93EB8C" box="[1016,1132,941,967]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 7" captionStartId="6.[151,272,1918,1942]" captionTargetBox="[159,1425,234,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,178,1897]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 7. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 2 – 3. Habitus of holotype (Ar. - MWHU-SCJZ 0908), dorsal and ventral views. 4 – 5. Head and tergites 1 – 5, dorsal and ventral views. 6 – 7. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars of figs. 2 – 3: 10.0 mm. Scale bars of figs. 4 – 7: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276392/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figures 7</figureCitation>
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,
|
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<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B297667E5FB66EB8C" box="[1146,1177,941,967]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 11" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[270,1312,205,1958]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[269,1312,189,1959]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 11. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1 – 5. 9. Tergites 9 – 15. 10 – 11. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276393/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">11</figureCitation>
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||
). Segments 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 with rounded spiracles (Figures 14–15); spiracle on segment 7 as large as that on segment 8. Each coxopleuron with ovoid field of several hundred small pores, pore field extending close to posterior margin; medial border of coxopleuron slightly prolonged posteriorly, acuminate, bearing a small red-brown spine at apex (
|
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<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2CCC600BFDCAEC16" box="[448,565,1091,1117]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 11" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[270,1312,205,1958]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[269,1312,189,1959]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 11. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1 – 5. 9. Tergites 9 – 15. 10 – 11. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276393/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figure 11</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BAD36F9B439BE7B2DC96020FD60ECB9" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
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||
Two tibial spurs on legs 1–18, leg 19 damaged (tibia absent), leg 20 without tibial spurs (Figure 18). Legs 1–20 each with a tarsal spur near distal end of tarsus (Figures 14, 16, 17) and a pair of pretarsal accessory spurs. Ultimate legs forcipulate, prefemora subquadrate in cross-sections, ventral sides of prefemora and femora without spines (
|
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<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2CA66090FDC5ECB9" box="[426,570,1240,1266]" captionStart="FIGURES 2 – 7" captionStartId="6.[151,272,1918,1942]" captionTargetBox="[159,1425,234,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,178,1897]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 2 – 7. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 2 – 3. Habitus of holotype (Ar. - MWHU-SCJZ 0908), dorsal and ventral views. 4 – 5. Head and tergites 1 – 5, dorsal and ventral views. 6 – 7. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars of figs. 2 – 3: 10.0 mm. Scale bars of figs. 4 – 7: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276392/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figures 6–7</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2F4A6090FD6DECB9" box="[582,658,1240,1266]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 11" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[270,1312,205,1958]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[269,1312,189,1959]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 11. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1 – 5. 9. Tergites 9 – 15. 10 – 11. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276393/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">10–11</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAD36F9B439BE7B2DC960B5FCD2ED53" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[197,813,1277,1304]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2DC960B5FECDED5C" bold="true" box="[197,306,1277,1303]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Ecology:</emphasis>
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Under stones in moist, warm mixed forest.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3086572B439BE7B2DC9616AFC67ED76" box="[197,920,1314,1341]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BAD36F9B439BE7B2DC9616AFC67ED76" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[197,920,1314,1341]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2DC9616AFE97ED77" bold="true" box="[197,360,1314,1340]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Distribution:</emphasis>
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||
Known only from the
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<typeStatus id="54A9885BB439BE7B2F7F616BFD5AED76" box="[627,677,1315,1341]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">type</typeStatus>
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locality (
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<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2E18616BFC75ED76" box="[788,906,1315,1341]" captionStart="FIGURE 19" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1416,1440]" captionTargetBox="[154,1434,386,1388]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,381,1393]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 19. Map of southwestern China, showing the type locality (red star) for Theatops chuanensis n. sp." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276394/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figure 19</figureCitation>
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).
|
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</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3086572B439BE782DC96100FB8EE90C" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="61" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8BAD36F9B439BE7B2DC96100FD84EEB6" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2DC96100FEADED29" bold="true" box="[197,338,1352,1378]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Discussion:</emphasis>
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||
Based on the shared absence of a dorsal distomedial prefemoral spur on the ultimate leg and the suppression of ventral spines on the prefemur and femur of that leg,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2EF46126FB65EDCC" box="[1016,1178,1390,1416]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chuanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2EF46126FBF9EDCC" box="[1016,1030,1390,1415]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B291A6126FB65EDCC" box="[1046,1178,1390,1415]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">chuanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
appears to be closely related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2C0161DBFE34EDE7" box="[269,459,1427,1452]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californiensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2C0161DBFE34EDE7" box="[269,459,1427,1452]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. californiensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2F0961DBFD7EEDE7" box="[517,641,1427,1452]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="posticus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2F0961DBFD7EEDE7" box="[517,641,1427,1452]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. posticus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The most pronounced difference between them is the presence (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B288A61DBFEE4ED9A" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chuanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B288A61DBFEE4ED9A" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. chuanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) or absence (North American species) of the segment 7 spiracle. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54A9885BB439BE7B296B61F0FB2FED99" box="[1127,1232,1464,1490]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B29F561F0FA63ED9A" box="[1273,1436,1464,1489]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chuanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B29F561F0FA63ED9A" box="[1273,1436,1464,1489]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. chuanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
wholly lacks ventral spines on the prefemur and femur of the ultimate leg, a state variably shared with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B288A6196FEC8EE57" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="californiensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B288A6196FEC8EE57" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. californiensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF834B08B439BE7B2C4A624BFDBEEE56" author="Shelley" box="[326,577,1539,1565]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Shelley, R. M. (1997) The Holarctic centipede subfamily Plutoniuminae (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) (nomen correctum ex subfamily Plutoniinae Bollman, 1893). Brimleyana, 24, 51 - 113." type="journal article" year="1997">Shelley 1997: fig. 17</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2F89624BFCFDEE57" box="[645,770,1539,1564]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="posticus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2F89624BFCFDEE57" box="[645,770,1539,1564]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. posticus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF834B08B439BE7B2E1F624BFBFFEE56" author="Shelley" box="[787,1024,1539,1565]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Shelley, R. M. (1990) The centipede Theatops posticus (Say) (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68, 2637 - 2644." type="journal article" year="1990">Shelley 1990: fig. 6</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), notably the eastern population of the latter, though both of the American species more often have a single spine on each prefemur and femur.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B288A6260FEE4EE2C" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chuanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B288A6260FEE4EE2C" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. chuanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is further distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2F8D6206FCFFEE2C" box="[641,768,1614,1639]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="posticus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2F8D6206FCFFEE2C" box="[641,768,1614,1639]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. posticus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the distinct prolongation of the coxopleuron and the presence of a spine at its apex, as well as by the closer approximation of the pore field to the posterior margin (compare
|
||
<figureCitation id="13292A7CB439BE7B2C0062D0FE83EEF9" box="[268,380,1688,1714]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 – 11" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1971,1995]" captionTargetBox="[270,1312,205,1958]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[269,1312,189,1959]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 8 – 11. Theatops chuanensis n. sp. holotype. 8. Head and tergites 1 – 5. 9. Tergites 9 – 15. 10 – 11. Tergites 19 – 21 and ultimate legs, dorsal and ventral views. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/276393/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Figure 11</figureCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF834B08B439BE7B2CB862D0FDADEEF9" author="Shelley" box="[436,594,1688,1714]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Shelley, R. M. (1990) The centipede Theatops posticus (Say) (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68, 2637 - 2644." type="journal article" year="1990">Shelley 1990</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: figs. 6–11). The pore field of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2EBF62D0FBAEEEFA" box="[947,1105,1688,1713]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chuanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2EBF62D0FBAEEEFA" box="[947,1105,1688,1713]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. chuanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is longer than in any of four North American species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2CD362F6FDB4EE9C" box="[479,587,1726,1751]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2CD362F6FDB4EE9C" box="[479,587,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Theatops</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and is most closely approached by that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B295862F6FACEEE9C" box="[1108,1329,1726,1751]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="erythrocephalus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B295862F6FACEEE9C" box="[1108,1329,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">T. erythrocephalus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF834B08B439BE7B284D62F6FF29EEB6" author="Shelley" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Shelley, R. M. (1990) The centipede Theatops posticus (Say) (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68, 2637 - 2644." type="journal article" year="1990">Shelley 1990</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: fig. 12;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF834B08B439BE7B2C3162ABFE24EEB6" author="Shelley" box="[317,475,1763,1789]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Shelley, R. M. (1997) The Holarctic centipede subfamily Plutoniuminae (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) (nomen correctum ex subfamily Plutoniinae Bollman, 1893). Brimleyana, 24, 51 - 113." type="journal article" year="1997">Shelley 1997</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: figs. 40–41).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BAD36F9B439BE782DC96340FB8EE90C" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1436,152,327]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="61" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
|
||
The discovery of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2C966340FDF7EF6A" box="[410,520,1800,1825]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2C966340FDF7EF6A" box="[410,520,1800,1825]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Theatops</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3057669B439BE7B2F3C6340FD87EF69" box="[560,632,1800,1826]" name="China" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
demonstrates that Plutoniumidae is much more widely distributed geographically than had been thought to be the case. The (then reasonable) inference by
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<bibRefCitation id="EF834B08B439BE7B29B46366FA97EF03" author="Shelley" box="[1208,1384,1838,1864]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Shelley, R. M. (1997) The Holarctic centipede subfamily Plutoniuminae (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) (nomen correctum ex subfamily Plutoniinae Bollman, 1893). Brimleyana, 24, 51 - 113." type="journal article" year="1997">Shelley (1997)</bibRefCitation>
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that taxa in Asia are unlikely to belong to Plutoniumidae is no longer tenable on geographic grounds alone. It is likely that this family had a very widespread distribution that is now reduced to highly disjunct parts of the world (North
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, the Mediterranean Basin, and
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), pruned by extinction. The
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locality of
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<taxonomicName id="4C124D7AB439BE7B2D9B638BFE65EF97" box="[151,410,1987,2012]" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Theatops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chuanensis">
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<emphasis id="B966EAEBB439BE7B2D9B638BFE65EF97" box="[151,410,1987,2012]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Theatops chuanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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lies near the limits of published myriapod localities in
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<collectingCountry id="F3057669B439BE7B295D638BFB64EF96" box="[1105,1179,1987,2013]" name="China" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">China</collectingCountry>
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mapped by
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<bibRefCitation id="EF834B08B439BE78283A638BFEB0E8F9" author="Wang" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="61" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" refString="Wang, D. & Mauries, J. - P. (1996) Review and perspective of study on myriapodology of China. In: Geoffroy, J. - J., Mauries, J. - P., Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. (eds.), Acta Myriapodologica. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 169, 81 - 99." type="journal article" year="1996">Wang & Mauriès (1996)</bibRefCitation>
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. Their map showed vast areas of
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that remained to be surveyed by myriapodologists, and they judged that probably only a small percentage of Chinese myriapod species had yet to be discovered and described. The completely unexpected discovery of a Chinese plutoniumid during a field excursion as recently as 2009 demonstrates the enormous potential for further surveys of previously unexplored or undersampled parts of
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to find species that are of global biogeographic significance.
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