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<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195EAE53FF6E551C25FAA124" authority="Meinert, 1870" authorityName="Meinert" authorityYear="1870" box="[151,645,573,599]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Algerophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispanicus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E551C25FAA124" bold="true" box="[151,645,573,599]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E551C26C3A124" bold="true" box="[151,444,573,599]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Algerophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FE35551C2502A124" author="Meinert" box="[460,637,573,599]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Meinert, F. (1870) Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 7, 1 - 128." type="journal article" year="1870">Meinert, 1870</bibRefCitation>
)
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<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195EAE53FF6E55A52571A1EA" authority="Meinert 1870" authorityName="Meinert" authorityYear="1870" box="[151,526,643,666]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Geophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispanicus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E55A5260CA1E9" box="[151,371,644,666]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Geophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FE7A55A22571A1EA" author="Meinert" box="[387,526,643,665]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Meinert, F. (1870) Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 7, 1 - 128." type="journal article" year="1870">Meinert 1870</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(p. 70 original description);
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FCC055A224C8A1EA" author="Daday" box="[825,951,643,665]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Daday, E. (1889) Myriopoda extranea Musaei Nationalis Hungarici. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 12, 114 - 156." type="journal article" year="1889">Daday 1889</bibRefCitation>
(p. 145);
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FBE655A223BCA1EA" author="Blanchard" box="[1055,1219,643,665]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Blanchard, R. (1898) Sur le pseudo-parasitisme des myriapodes chez l'homme. Archives de Parasitologie, 1, 452 - 490." type="journal article" year="1898">Blanchard 1898</bibRefCitation>
(p. 458);
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FAD555A22785A1CB" author="Brolemann" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1924) Myriapodes du Grand Atlas Marocain. Recolte de M. Alluaud au Djebeb Tachdir en Juin et Juillet 1923. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 4, 184 - 197." type="journal article" year="1924">Brolemann 1924</bibRefCitation>
(p. 195);
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FEA45582269FA1CB" author="Attems" box="[349,480,675,696]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Attems, C. (1927) Myriopoden aus dem nordlichen und ostlichen Spanien gesammelt von Dr. F. Haas in den Jahren 1914 - 1919. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 39, 235 - 289." type="journal article" year="1927">Attems 1927</bibRefCitation>
(p. 238), 1929 (p. 182 diagnosis);
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FCC6558324C8A1CB" author="Jeekel" box="[831,951,674,696]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Jeekel, C. A. W. (2003) Notes on some Chilopoda from the Sierra Nevada, Spain. Myriapod Memoranda, 6, 89 - 101." type="journal article" year="2003">Jeekel 2003</bibRefCitation>
(p. 93).
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<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195EAE53FF6E55E025F0A1A4" authority="Verhoeff 1896" authorityName="Verhoeff" authorityYear="1896" box="[151,655,705,727]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Geophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispanicus" subGenus="Geophilus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E55E02780A1A4" box="[151,255,705,727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Geophilus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FEF455E0260AA1A4" box="[269,373,705,727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Geophilus</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FE7D55E0268FA1A4" box="[388,496,705,727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">hispanicus</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FE0755E025F0A1A4" author="Verhoeff" box="[510,655,705,727]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Verhoeff, C. (1896) Geophiliden und Scolopendriden aus Portugal und Tabelle europaischer Geophilus - Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 19, 74 - 79, 81 - 89." type="journal article" year="1896">Verhoeff 1896</bibRefCitation>
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(p. 88 key);
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FCE855E324EBA1A4" author="Attems" box="[785,916,706,727]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Attems, C. (1903) Synopsis der Geophiliden. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, 18, 155 - 302." type="journal article" year="1903">Attems 1903</bibRefCitation>
(p. 169, 219 key, 224).
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<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195EAE53FF6E55C1253EA185" authority="Brolemann 1925" authorityName="Brolemann" authorityYear="1925" box="[151,577,736,758]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Algerophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispanicus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E55C126F5A185" box="[151,394,736,758]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Algerophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FE6E55C1253EA185" author="Brolemann" box="[407,577,736,758]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1925) Races nouvelles de Schizophyllum algeriens (Myriapodes-Diplopodes). Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 16, 245 - 253." type="journal article" year="1925">Brolemann 1925</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(p. 250 new record and diagnosis), 1931 (p. 311), 1932 (p. 41 key), 1947 (p. 174 new records).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195EAE53FF6E543C2498A040" blockId="3.[151,1436,643,880]" box="[151,999,797,819]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195EAE53FF6E543C2605A040" authority="Mateui" authorityName="Mateui" box="[151,378,797,819]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Nesogeophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E543C2605A040" box="[151,378,797,819]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Nesogeophilus Mateui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FE7E543C2560A040" author="Machado" box="[391,543,797,819]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Machado, A. (1953) Alguns miriapodes de Espanha (colheitas de J. Mateu). Archivos del Instituto de Aclimatacion, 1, 77 - 92." type="journal article" year="1953">Machado 1953</bibRefCitation>
(p. 79 original description, figs 12). Syn. n.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195EAE53FF6E541D2539A022" authority="Demange 1963" authorityName="Demange" authorityYear="1963" box="[151,582,827,850]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Nesogeophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispanicus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E541D26E1A021" box="[151,414,828,850]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Nesogeophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FE55541C2539A022" author="Demange" box="[428,582,827,850]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Demange, J. - M. (1963) Myriapodes recoltes en Nouvelle-Caledonie par M. Y. Plessis et description d'un cas teratologique. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 35, 85 - 89." type="journal article" year="1963">Demange 1963</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(p. 88).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195EAE53FF6E547B258EA003" blockId="3.[151,1436,643,880]" box="[151,753,858,880]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195EAE53FF6E547B2565A003" ID-CoL="59LVX" authority="Sammler et al. 2006" authorityName="Sammler et al." authorityYear="2006" box="[151,538,858,880]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Tuoba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispanica">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E547B2641A003" box="[151,318,858,880]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Tuoba hispanica</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FEB5547B2565A003" author="Sammler" box="[332,538,858,880]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Sammler, S., Voigtlander, K., Stoev, P., Enghoff, H. &amp; Muller, C. H. G. (2006) New studies on myriapods (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) from Ibiza with a checklist for the Balearic Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 53, 299 - 309." type="journal article" year="2006">
Sammler
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FE57547A269EA003" box="[430,481,858,880]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2006
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</taxonomicName>
(p. 302 new records)
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF6E54BC263CA0C6" bold="true" box="[151,323,925,950]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">
<typeStatus id="54DC959F195EAE53FF6E54BC27AFA0C6" box="[151,208,925,949]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Type</typeStatus>
material.
</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54DC959F195EAE53FEB554BC26C8A0C6" box="[332,439,925,949]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" type="syntype">Syntypes</typeStatus>
:
<specimenCount id="9D61E0B4195EAE53FE3B54BC2521A0C6" box="[450,606,925,949]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" type="generic">17 specimens</specimenCount>
, including 11 Ƥ, 4 33 and 2 other specimens of unknown sex, all from “Sevilla,
<collectingCountry id="F3706BAD195EAE53FF0654E0261CA0AA" box="[255,355,961,985]" name="Grenada" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Granada</collectingCountry>
”,
<collectingCountry id="F3706BAD195EAE53FE8154E026C4A0AA" box="[376,443,961,985]" name="Spain" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Spain</collectingCountry>
; in the Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of
<collectingCountry id="F3706BAD195EAE53FBC354E023DAA0AA" box="[1082,1189,961,985]" name="Denmark" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Denmark</collectingCountry>
, Univ. Copenhagen.
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF3E54C42699A08D" bold="true" box="[199,486,997,1022]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">
Notes on
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material.
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A total of only
<specimenCount id="9D61E0B4195EAE53FD5354C42438A08E" box="[682,839,997,1021]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" type="generic">11 specimens</specimenCount>
, including 7 Ƥ and 4 33, was given by
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FABA54C4279CA752" author="Meinert" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Meinert, F. (1870) Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 7, 1 - 128." type="journal article" year="1870">Meinert (1870)</bibRefCitation>
, but no evidence exists against the fact that all
<specimenCount id="9D61E0B4195EAE53FCF6532824D6A752" box="[783,937,1033,1057]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" type="generic">17 specimens</specimenCount>
comprise the original material upon which Meinert described the species, so that we are confident in recognising all of them as
<typeStatus id="54DC959F195EAE53FBB0530F23D0A735" box="[1097,1199,1070,1094]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
. Two different specimens have been labeled as “
<typeStatus id="54DC959F195EAE53FE3653702545A71A" box="[463,570,1105,1129]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
” by R. E. Crabill (dated
<date id="FFD90DFD195EAE53FCB4537024B5A71A" box="[845,970,1105,1129]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" value="1960-04-21">21.IV.1960</date>
) and D. Foddai (dated
<date id="FFD90DFD195EAE53FB335370224AA71A" box="[1226,1333,1105,1129]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" value="2001-10-09">9.X.2001</date>
), but at the best of our knowledge neither student ever published the designation. Contrary to the intent of both previous students, we refrain from selecting a
<typeStatus id="54DC959F195EAE53FDCD53B825E5A7C2" box="[564,666,1177,1201]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
for
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FD3153BB2421A7C2" box="[712,862,1177,1201]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">G. hispanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because such an action is not necessary to promote nomenclatural stability (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: Recommendation 74G).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF3E53C02636A789" bold="true" box="[199,329,1249,1274]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Synonyms.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195EAE53FEAD53C02471A78A" authority="Machado, 1953" authorityName="Machado" authorityYear="1953" box="[340,782,1249,1273]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Nesogeophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mateui">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FEAD53C0252FA78A" box="[340,592,1249,1273]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Nesogeophilus mateui</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195EAE53FDA553C02471A78A" author="Machado" box="[604,782,1249,1273]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26" refString="Machado, A. (1953) Alguns miriapodes de Espanha (colheitas de J. Mateu). Archivos del Instituto de Aclimatacion, 1, 77 - 92." type="journal article" year="1953">Machado, 1953</bibRefCitation>
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material:
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3, from Benaojan, near Malaga,
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.
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195EAE53FF3E52082542A631" bold="true" box="[199,573,1321,1346]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Description of an adult female.</emphasis>
One of the
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, from Sevilla,
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,
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long, with 61 leg pairs (
<figureCitation id="135C37B8195EAE53FF66526C267BA616" box="[159,260,1357,1381]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 5" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1886,1909]" captionTargetBox="[165,1420,194,1865]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[165,1421,193,1865]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1 5. Algerophilus hispanicus (Meinert, 1870). (1) Anterior part of the body, dorsal. (2) Posterior part of the body in the female, dorsal. (3) Head and forcipular segment, without antennae, dorsal. (4) Head and forcipular segment, without antennae, ventral. (5) Ultimate leg-bearing segment, without telopodites, ventral. Specimens: 1, 2, Ƥ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 51 mm long, with 61 leg pairs (one of the syntypes); 3 5, Ƥ from Sétif, Algeria, 35 mm long, with 59 leg pairs." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/280400/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Figs 1, 2</figureCitation>
; 69; 11).
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<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195EAE53FF3052502528A6DE" blockId="3.[151,1437,925,2029]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">
Colour (in ethanol;
<figureCitation id="135C37B8195EAE53FE5152502570A6FA" box="[424,527,1393,1417]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 5" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1886,1909]" captionTargetBox="[165,1420,194,1865]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[165,1421,193,1865]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1 5. Algerophilus hispanicus (Meinert, 1870). (1) Anterior part of the body, dorsal. (2) Posterior part of the body in the female, dorsal. (3) Head and forcipular segment, without antennae, dorsal. (4) Head and forcipular segment, without antennae, ventral. (5) Ultimate leg-bearing segment, without telopodites, ventral. Specimens: 1, 2, Ƥ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 51 mm long, with 61 leg pairs (one of the syntypes); 3 5, Ƥ from Sétif, Algeria, 35 mm long, with 59 leg pairs." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/280400/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Figs 1, 2</figureCitation>
). Almost uniformly light orange-brown, with forcipular condyles and distal part of the forcipular tarsungula dark brown.
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Cephalic capsule. Cephalic plate subrectangular, ca 1.2 times as long as wide, 0.9 times as wide as the forcipular tergite, the anterior margin slightly angulated with a medial notch, the lateral margins distinctly convex, the posterior margin straight; transverse suture absent; setae up to ca 100 μm long. Clypeus (
<figureCitation id="135C37B8195EAE53FB94512023CDA56A" box="[1133,1202,1537,1561]" captionStart="FIGURES 6 12" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1809,1832]" captionTargetBox="[253,1298,198,1756]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[253,1326,193,1769]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 6 12. Algerophilus hispanicus (Meinert, 1870). (6) Anterior part of head, without maxillary complex, ventral. (7) Maxillary complex, ventral. (8) Forcipular segment, dorsal, setae omitted. (9) Forcipular segment, ventral, setae omitted. (10) An anterior leg-bearing segment (11 out of a total 59), without legs, ventral, setae omitted. (11) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the female, ventral, setae omitted. (12) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the male, ventral, setae omitted. Specimens: 6 9,11, Ƥ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 51 mm long, with 61 leg pairs (one of the syntypes); 10, Ƥ from Sétif, Algeria, 35 mm long, with 59 leg pairs; 12, ♂ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 36 mm long, with 57 leg pairs (one of the syntypes)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/280401/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
) uniformly areolate, without clypeal areas and without plagulae; lateral margins complete; a total of 19 setae, of which eight approximately in four medial pairs, the others lateral to them in the anterior half of the clypeus. Pleurites uniformly areolate, each with a single seta in the anterior part. Labrum composed of an intermediate part that is continuous with the clypeus and bears a row of 9 sclerotised short tubercles, and lateral parts that are marginated anteriorly by a complete sulcus and bear a row of 12 hyaline bristles each.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195EAE53FF3051FB2308A49E" blockId="3.[151,1437,925,2029]" pageId="3" pageNumber="26">Antennae. Slender, ca 4.2 times as long as the head. Intermediate articles up to ca 2.0 times as long as wide. Article XIV ca 2.7 times as long as wide, ca 1.2 times as long as article XIII and as wide as the latter. Setae up to ca 110 μm long, becoming gradually denser and shorter towards the intermediate articles, both ventrally and dorsally. Apical sensilla ca 10 μm long, spear-like, without projections, only gently narrowing at about the mid-length. Clublike sensilla ca 12 μm long, on article XIV only, grouped on the distal parts of both the internal and external sides. Three longitudinal rows of 14 propioceptive spine-like sensilla at the bases of articles; only a single, dorsal sensillum on articles VI, X and XIV. Groups of 13 sensilla, similar to the apical ones, ca 8 μm long, on both dorsoexternal and ventro-internal position close to the distal margin of articles V, IX and XIII.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1959AE54FF6E507F2645A407" bold="true" box="[151,314,1886,1909]" pageId="4" pageNumber="27">FIGURES 15.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1959AE54FEB9507E254BA406" box="[320,564,1887,1909]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="27">Algerophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
(Meinert, 1870)
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. (1) Anterior part of the body, dorsal. (2) Posterior part of the body in the female, dorsal. (3) Head and forcipular segment, without antennae, dorsal. (4) Head and forcipular segment, without antennae, ventral. (5) Ultimate leg-bearing segment, without telopodites, ventral. Specimens: 1,2, Ƥ from “Sevilla, Granada”, Spain, 51 mm long, with 61 leg pairs (one of the syntypes); 35, Ƥ from Sétif, Algeria, 35 mm long, with 59 leg pairs.
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1958AE55FF6E50302637A454" bold="true" box="[151,328,1809,1832]" pageId="5" pageNumber="28">FIGURES 612.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1958AE55FEB650332539A45B" box="[335,582,1810,1832]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="28">Algerophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
(Meinert, 1870)
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. (6) Anterior part of head, without maxillary complex, ventral. (7) Maxillary complex, ventral. (8) Forcipular segment, dorsal, setae omitted. (9) Forcipular segment, ventral, setae omitted. (10) An anterior leg-bearing segment (11 out of a total 59), without legs, ventral, setae omitted. (11) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the female, ventral, setae omitted. (12) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the male, ventral, setae omitted. Specimens: 69,11, Ƥ from “Sevilla, Granada”, Spain, 51 mm long, with 61 leg pairs (one of the syntypes); 10, Ƥ from Sétif, Algeria, 35 mm long, with 59 leg pairs; 12, ♂ from “Sevilla, Granada”, Spain, 36 mm long, with 57 leg pairs (one of the syntypes).
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<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF3057B6243AA3DC" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" box="[201,837,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">Mandibles. A single pectinate lamella on each mandible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF30579A23C1A24C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">
First maxillae (
<figureCitation id="135C37B8195BAE56FE8E579A26C1A3A0" box="[375,446,187,211]" captionStart="FIGURES 6 12" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1809,1832]" captionTargetBox="[253,1298,198,1756]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[253,1326,193,1769]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 6 12. Algerophilus hispanicus (Meinert, 1870). (6) Anterior part of head, without maxillary complex, ventral. (7) Maxillary complex, ventral. (8) Forcipular segment, dorsal, setae omitted. (9) Forcipular segment, ventral, setae omitted. (10) An anterior leg-bearing segment (11 out of a total 59), without legs, ventral, setae omitted. (11) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the female, ventral, setae omitted. (12) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the male, ventral, setae omitted. Specimens: 6 9,11, Ƥ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 51 mm long, with 61 leg pairs (one of the syntypes); 10, Ƥ from Sétif, Algeria, 35 mm long, with 59 leg pairs; 12, ♂ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 36 mm long, with 57 leg pairs (one of the syntypes)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/280401/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Coxosternite entire, without mid-longitudinal sulcus, without setae. Coxal projection sub-triangular, longer than wide, bearing a few setae and some spine-like sensilla, the tip covered with fine scales. Telopodite composed of two articles, the basal one without setae, the distal one with some setae and some spinelike sensilla, the tip covered with fine scales. Coxosternal and telopodital lappets present, long.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF30566B25A6A282" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">
Second maxillae (
<figureCitation id="135C37B8195BAE56FE60566B269EA211" box="[409,481,330,354]" captionStart="FIGURES 6 12" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1809,1832]" captionTargetBox="[253,1298,198,1756]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[253,1326,193,1769]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 6 12. Algerophilus hispanicus (Meinert, 1870). (6) Anterior part of head, without maxillary complex, ventral. (7) Maxillary complex, ventral. (8) Forcipular segment, dorsal, setae omitted. (9) Forcipular segment, ventral, setae omitted. (10) An anterior leg-bearing segment (11 out of a total 59), without legs, ventral, setae omitted. (11) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the female, ventral, setae omitted. (12) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the male, ventral, setae omitted. Specimens: 6 9,11, Ƥ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 51 mm long, with 61 leg pairs (one of the syntypes); 10, Ƥ from Sétif, Algeria, 35 mm long, with 59 leg pairs; 12, ♂ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 36 mm long, with 57 leg pairs (one of the syntypes)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/280401/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Coxosternite entire, the intermediate part uniformly sclerotised as the remaining parts; anterior margin widely concave, postero-lateral margins pointed; no sclerotised ridges; many short setae on the intermediate part and close to the anterior margin; metameric pores featuring as transversal slits, close to the postero-medial margin. Telopodite composed of three articles, narrowing towards the tip; pretarsus in the shape of a simple claw, subconic, its distal half slightly bent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF3056DC23A4A0ED" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">
Forcipular segment (
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). Tergite subtrapezoid, the lateral margins almost straight and evidently converging anteriorly, ca 2.2 times as wide as long, posteriorly almost as wide as the subsequent metatergite. Pleurites without scapula; lateral margins almost straight and slightly converging posteriorly. Exposed part of the coxosternite ca 1.2 times as wide as long; anterior margin slightly projecting anteriorly with an intermediate shallow concavity, without denticles; one pair of small setae on the dorsal surface close to the anterior margin; coxopleural sutures complete, subparallel on the anterior half, running along the margin on the anterior fourth; chitin-lines distinct, however not reaching the condyles but pointing lateral to these. Basal distance between the forcipules ca 0.2 of the maximum width of the coxosternite. Forcipular trochanteroprefemur approximately 1.1 times as long as wide, the internal side much shorter than the external side, with two shallow mesal bulges. Forcipular intermediate articles distinct, each with a pointed shallow bulge only. Tarsungulum 2.4 times as long as wide, uniformly concave along both internal and external margin; a basal subconic tubercle; internal margin crenulated with ca 20 small irregularly spaced notches. Poison calyx slightly elongate, lodged inside the intermediate articles.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF30548B245AA793" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">Leg-bearing segments. Metatergite 1 only slightly wider than the subsequent ones, lateral margins converging posteriorly, without pretergite. No paratergites. Metasternites slightly wider than long on the anterior part of the trunk, longer than wide on the posterior part; a distinct bilobed carpophagus pit on some anterior segments, ca 0.7 times as wide as the margin of metasternite, corresponding to a median peg on the posterior margin. Glandular pores clustered on the posterior part of the metasternites, in a short subtriangular area in the anterior part of the trunk, in two paired areas of fewer pores in the posterior part of the trunk. Procoxa 1.21.5 times as long as the metacoxa, both sclerites without glandular pores. Legs of the first pair slightly smaller than the subsequent ones. Leg claws simple, uniformly bent; a pair of accessory spines, the anterior one reaching approximately the midlength of the pretarsus, the posterior one distinctly shorter.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF3053CA227AA5FF" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">Ultimate leg-bearing segment (Figs 2,11). Pleuropretergite entire, lacking sutures or sulci or notches, ca 2.6 times as wide as long. Metatergite subtrapezoid, ca 1.1 times as wide as long, lateral margins convex and distinctly converging posteriorly, posterior margin convex. Presternite ca 8 times as wide as long, not medially constricted. Metasternite subtrapezoid, ca 1.7 times as wide as long, lateral margins slightly convex and converging backwards, posterior margin almost straight; setae uniformly sparse. Coxopleuron ca 2.0 times as long as wide, ca 1.5 times as long of the metasternite, anteriorly reaching the posterior margin of the presternite; short, dense setae on the postero-mesal part of the ventral side. Coxal organs of each coxopleuron opening through 8 pores approximately aligned into an elongate pouch covered by the metasternite and running along the lateral margin of the latter. The telopodite ca 13 times as long as wide, ca 1.5 times as long and 1.2 times as wide as the penultimate telopodite; 6 articles, gradually narrowing towards the tip; all articles covered dorsally with sparse longer setae, ventrally with dense shorter setae. Pretarsus in the shape of a pointed claw, similar to that of the preceding legs but only half the length of the penultimate, with two accessory spines, the posterior much longer than the anterior one.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF3051B92605A58B" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">
Postpedal segments (
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). Genital pleurosternite entire, ca 2 times as wide as long, ca 1.5 times as long as the exposed part of the intermediate sternite. Gonopods in the shape of a short slightly bilobed lamina. Anal organs and pores indistinct.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF3E502227BCA44C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195BAE56FF3E5022256CA46F" bold="true" box="[199,531,1795,1820]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">Difference in an adult male.</emphasis>
One of the
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, from Sevilla,
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,
<quantity id="4C9F86D8195BAE56FBF450222322A468" box="[1037,1117,1795,1819]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.6" pageId="6" pageNumber="29" unit="mm" value="36.0">36 mm</quantity>
long, with 57 leg pairs (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195BAE56FF30506A2575A4F4" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">
Ultimate leg-bearing segment (
<figureCitation id="135C37B8195BAE56FDD1506A2503A410" box="[552,636,1867,1891]" captionStart="FIGURES 6 12" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1809,1832]" captionTargetBox="[253,1298,198,1756]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[253,1326,193,1769]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 6 12. Algerophilus hispanicus (Meinert, 1870). (6) Anterior part of head, without maxillary complex, ventral. (7) Maxillary complex, ventral. (8) Forcipular segment, dorsal, setae omitted. (9) Forcipular segment, ventral, setae omitted. (10) An anterior leg-bearing segment (11 out of a total 59), without legs, ventral, setae omitted. (11) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the female, ventral, setae omitted. (12) Ultimate leg-bearing segment and postpedal segments in the male, ventral, setae omitted. Specimens: 6 9,11, Ƥ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 51 mm long, with 61 leg pairs (one of the syntypes); 10, Ƥ from Sétif, Algeria, 35 mm long, with 59 leg pairs; 12, ♂ from “ Sevilla, Granada ”, Spain, 36 mm long, with 57 leg pairs (one of the syntypes)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/280401/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="29">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
). Telopodite ca 7.5 times as long as wide, ca 1.3 times as long and 2.0 times as wide as the penultimate.
</paragraph>
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Postpedal segments (
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). Genital sternite ca 2 times as long as the exposed part of the intermediate sternite; complete sutures between pleurites and sternite, converging anteriorly to a point covered by the intermediate sternite. Gonopods biarticulated, well separated, with a subconic penis in between.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FF3E57B62644A3C3" bold="true" box="[199,315,151,176]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Variation.</emphasis>
The body length was up to
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in females (n=19) and up to
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in males (n=10).
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The number of legs varies in the range of 5771 pairs in females (n=20) and 5767 pairs in males (n=9), with a still lower value of 55 reported in the literature (
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). Besides intra-population variability, some geographical variation has been detected: in particular, the numbers found in Ibiza (
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females, n=5;
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males, n=4) are higher than those found in Andalusia (
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females, n=11;
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males, n=6), the difference in females being statistically significant (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test: p&lt;0.01); the specimens from African localities are too few to allow a comparison, but the numbers found (
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) are within the range recorded in Andalusia.
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Some geographical variation has been found also in the relative elongation of the antennae and the forcipular segments (
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). In particular, the specimens from Andalusia have on average relatively longer antennae and slightly less elongated forcipules than those from Ibiza, as suggested by the statistically significant differences in the elongation of the antennae (antennal length/head width: mean±standard deviation = 5.35±
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Andalusia, 4.00±
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Ibiza; Mann-Whitney test U=0.00, p=0.14, n=3, 8), the forcipular coxosternite (length/width of the ventrally exposed surface: mean±standard deviation = 0,82±
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Andalusia vs. 0.91±
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Ibiza; U=0.00, p=0.006, n=4, 8) and the forcipular trochanteroprefemur (length/width in ventral view: mean±standard deviation = 1.08±
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Andalusia vs. 1.17±
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Ibiza, U=0.00, p=0.014, n=3, 8). Instead, no variation has been found in the relative elongation of the head (length/width: U=18.0, p=0.770, n=8,5).
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<paragraph id="8BD82B3D195AAE57FF6E5130238AA535" blockId="7.[151,1436,1553,1606]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FF6E51302660A554" bold="true" box="[151,287,1553,1576]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
Variation in the elongation of antennae (length of antenna/width of head) and the elongation of forcipules (length/ width of trochanteroprefemur in ventral view) in specimens of
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FCED51112377A535" box="[788,1032,1584,1606]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Algerophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
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from different regions.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FF3E514C26D1A5F5" bold="true" box="[199,430,1645,1670]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Taxonomic history.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FE41514F25D2A5F5" box="[440,685,1646,1670]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Geophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
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was described by
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upon a series of specimens of both sexes from Southern
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. It was cited under the same generic combination by subsequent authors, sometimes including it in the subgenus
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FDF551972500A5BD" box="[524,639,1718,1742]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Geophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FD775197244AA5BD" author="Verhoeff" box="[654,821,1718,1742]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Verhoeff, C. (1896) Geophiliden und Scolopendriden aus Portugal und Tabelle europaischer Geophilus - Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 19, 74 - 79, 81 - 89." type="journal article" year="1896">Verhoeff 1896</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FCB8519724A9A5BD" author="Attems" box="[833,982,1718,1742]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Attems, C. (1903) Synopsis der Geophiliden. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, 18, 155 - 302." type="journal article" year="1903">Attems 1903</bibRefCitation>
). Based on specimens from North-western Africa,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FEE551F8269BA582" author="Brolemann" box="[284,484,1753,1777]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1925) Races nouvelles de Schizophyllum algeriens (Myriapodes-Diplopodes). Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 16, 245 - 253." type="journal article" year="1925">Brolemann (1925</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FE0A51F82551A582" author="Brolemann" box="[499,558,1753,1777]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1932) Tableaux de determination des chilopodes signales en Afrique du Nord. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 23, 31 - 64." type="journal article" year="1932">1932</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FDC251F8250BA582" author="Brolemann" box="[571,628,1753,1777]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1947) Catalogue des myriapodes chilopodes de la collection de l'Institut Scientifique Cherifien. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 25 - 27, 172 - 182." type="book chapter" year="1947">1947</bibRefCitation>
) recognised that
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FCC251FB24ABA581" box="[827,980,1754,1778]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">G. hispanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
deserved a distinct genus and therefore introduced
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FEEC51DF26DBA465" box="[277,420,1790,1814]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Algerophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for it. This action was overlooked by
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and most of the later authors. Instead,
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FF6E50032651A449" box="[151,302,1826,1850]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">G. hispanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was assigned to either
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195AAE57FDCE50032502A449" box="[567,637,1826,1850]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Tuoba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FDCE50032502A449" box="[567,637,1826,1850]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Tuoba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or its synonym
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195AAE57FCCC500324A5A449" box="[821,986,1826,1850]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Nesogeophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FCCC500324A5A449" box="[821,986,1826,1850]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Nesogeophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FC10500023E6A44A" author="Demange" box="[1001,1177,1825,1849]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Demange, J. - M. (1963) Myriapodes recoltes en Nouvelle-Caledonie par M. Y. Plessis et description d'un cas teratologique. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 35, 85 - 89." type="journal article" year="1963">Demange 1963</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FB5F500022EFA44A" author="Sammler" box="[1190,1424,1825,1850]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Sammler, S., Voigtlander, K., Stoev, P., Enghoff, H. &amp; Muller, C. H. G. (2006) New studies on myriapods (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) from Ibiza with a checklist for the Balearic Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 53, 299 - 309." type="journal article" year="2006">
Sammler
<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FAEA50022233A449" box="[1299,1356,1826,1850]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">et al.</emphasis>
2006
</bibRefCitation>
). However, the true identity of the species remained poorly understood (e.g.,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FC1D50672311A42D" author="Jeekel" box="[996,1134,1862,1886]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Jeekel, C. A. W. (2003) Notes on some Chilopoda from the Sierra Nevada, Spain. Myriapod Memoranda, 6, 89 - 101." type="journal article" year="2003">Jeekel 2003</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FF3E504B26CCA4F1" bold="true" box="[199,435,1898,1922]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Notes on synonymy.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FE43504B25CEA4F1" box="[442,689,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Nesogeophilus mateui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC195AAE57FC8750482348A4F2" author="Machado" box="[894,1079,1897,1921]" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" refString="Machado, A. (1953) Alguns miriapodes de Espanha (colheitas de J. Mateu). Archivos del Instituto de Aclimatacion, 1, 77 - 92." type="journal article" year="1953">Machado (1953)</bibRefCitation>
on a single male from Southern
<collectingCountry id="F3706BAD195AAE57FF6E50AF27A6A4D5" box="[151,217,1934,1958]" name="Spain" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Spain</collectingCountry>
, but the species was completely neglected by later authors and its identity remained unassessed. Based on the original description and illustrations,
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FDC6509225D2A4B9" box="[575,685,1971,1994]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">N. mateui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
agrees with
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<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FCC6509324A9A4B9" box="[831,982,1970,1994]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">G. hispanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, even in the traits which are recognised here as diagnostic of
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE195AAE57FE7F50F7256AA49D" box="[390,533,2006,2030]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Algerophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="30" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F195AAE57FE7F50F7256AA49D" box="[390,533,2006,2030]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="30">Algerophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with respect to all other genera, including the shape and features of the forcipular coxosternite and the forcipules, the arrangement of the coxal pores, and the absence of anal pores. The only apparent difference between
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE1955AE58FE1B579C252FA3A7" box="[482,592,189,212]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Nesogeophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mateui">
<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FE1B579C252FA3A7" box="[482,592,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">N. mateui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE1955AE58FD75579C245AA3A7" box="[652,805,188,212]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Geophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispanicus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FD75579C245AA3A7" box="[652,805,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">G. hispanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is in the elongation of the head, which is described as about as long as wide in
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE1955AE58FE5757C02564A38B" box="[430,539,225,248]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Nesogeophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mateui">
<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FE5757C02564A38B" box="[430,539,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">N. mateui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
whereas it is actually slightly longer than wide in
<taxonomicName id="4C6750BE1955AE58FBAD57C12394A38B" box="[1108,1259,224,248]" class="Chilopoda" family="Geophilidae" genus="Geophilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Geophilomorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispanicus">
<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FBAD57C12394A38B" box="[1108,1259,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">A. hispanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FB0357FE263AA26F" author="Meinert" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Meinert, F. (1870) Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 7, 1 - 128." type="journal article" year="1870">
Meinert 1870;
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, our obs.
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). However, after examining specimens collected from near the
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locality of
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FB4656242253A26F" box="[1215,1324,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">N. mateui</emphasis>
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(see Specimens examined, and
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), and therefore confidently recognisable as representative of this nominal species, we did not find any difference in the elongation of the head with respect to specimens from other localities.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FF3E564E2578A2FB" bold="true" box="[199,519,367,392]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">Geographical distribution.</emphasis>
Taking into account all published and new records (
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),
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FB2D56512212A2FB" box="[1236,1389,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">A. hispanicus</emphasis>
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has been recorded from a total of 15 localities in the most Western part of the Mediteranean region, i.e. in Andalusia (
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), the island of Ibiza (
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) and the northwestern part of Africa (
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and
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FF6E5200265EA645" bold="true" box="[151,289,1313,1336]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
Geographical distribution of
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FDAD52002436A644" box="[596,841,1313,1335]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">Algerophilus hispanicus</emphasis>
(Meinert, 1870)
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. Circles indicate precisely known localities, the diamond indicates the imprecise provenance of the syntypes of
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FC825260237AA625" box="[891,1029,1344,1366]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">A. hispanicus</emphasis>
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(given as “Sevilla, Granada”; see text). Full symbols indicate localities from which we examined specimens, empty symbols indicate all other published localities.
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The provenance of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FDAC52832593A6CA" box="[597,748,1441,1465]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">G. hispanicus</emphasis>
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is imprecisely known (it is given as “Sevilla,
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” both on the labels and in the published original description), nevertheless all records from the Iberian peninsula are most probably from the Baetic Mountains. Besides “
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, Sevilla” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FC7152C82357A572" author="Meinert" box="[904,1064,1513,1537]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Meinert, F. (1870) Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bitrag til Myriapodernes morphologi og systematik. I. Geophile. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, 7, 1 - 128." type="journal article" year="1870">Meinert 1870</bibRefCitation>
), they include: Benaojan (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FAA852C82679A556" author="Machado" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Machado, A. (1953) Alguns miriapodes de Espanha (colheitas de J. Mateu). Archivos del Instituto de Aclimatacion, 1, 77 - 92." type="journal article" year="1953">Machado 1953</bibRefCitation>
); Ubrique-Benaocaz, West of Benaocaz (new records). The records from Ibiza are from four coastal localities: Cala Olivera, Cap des Rubio, Can Codolar, La Joya (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FC74511023F9A53A" author="Sammler" box="[909,1158,1585,1609]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Sammler, S., Voigtlander, K., Stoev, P., Enghoff, H. &amp; Muller, C. H. G. (2006) New studies on myriapods (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) from Ibiza with a checklist for the Balearic Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 53, 299 - 309." type="journal article" year="2006">
Sammler
<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FBF951132342A53A" box="[1024,1085,1585,1609]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">et al.</emphasis>
2006
</bibRefCitation>
). All four records from
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are from along the Atlantic coastal plain: Oued Fouarat near Kenitra, Oued Ykem,
<collectingCountry id="F3706BAD1955AE58FB3951772272A51D" box="[1216,1293,1622,1646]" name="Morocco" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">Tanger</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FAE7517427ADA5E2" author="Brolemann" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1932) Tableaux de determination des chilopodes signales en Afrique du Nord. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 23, 31 - 64." type="journal article" year="1932">Brolemann 1932</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FF2751582665A5E2" author="Brolemann" box="[222,282,1657,1681]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1947) Catalogue des myriapodes chilopodes de la collection de l'Institut Scientifique Cherifien. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 25 - 27, 172 - 182." type="book chapter" year="1947">1947</bibRefCitation>
); Oued Cherrat (new record). The two records from
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are from in or near the Tell Atlas: Tipasa (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FF6751BC2620A5C6" author="Brolemann" box="[158,351,1693,1717]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1925) Races nouvelles de Schizophyllum algeriens (Myriapodes-Diplopodes). Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 16, 245 - 253." type="journal article" year="1925">Brolemann 1925</bibRefCitation>
); Sétif (new record).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD82B3D1955AE58FF3E51E02626A41A" blockId="8.[151,1436,1441,1897]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FF3E51E02655A5A9" bold="true" box="[199,298,1729,1754]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">Habitat.</emphasis>
Some information about environmental conditions is known only for a few sites. All Andalusian and Algerian records are from inland localities, up to about 50 kilometres from the sea coast, at least some of them in the mountains. Conversely, the Moroccan and Ibizan records are from coastal or sub-coastal localities, but they are referred to riverbeds, pine woods, juniper and heath scrubs, none to truly littoral habitat (
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FB6B500C222BA436" author="Brolemann" box="[1170,1364,1837,1861]" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Brolemann, H. W. (1932) Tableaux de determination des chilopodes signales en Afrique du Nord. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 23, 31 - 64." type="journal article" year="1932">Brolemann 1932</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFF656CC1955AE58FA98500C2632A41A" author="Sammler" pageId="8" pageNumber="31" refString="Sammler, S., Voigtlander, K., Stoev, P., Enghoff, H. &amp; Muller, C. H. G. (2006) New studies on myriapods (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) from Ibiza with a checklist for the Balearic Islands. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 53, 299 - 309." type="journal article" year="2006">
Sammler
<emphasis id="B913F72F1955AE58FF2850732675A41A" box="[209,266,1873,1897]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="31">et al.</emphasis>
2006
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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