plazi/treatments-xml
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Releases Activity
treatments-xml/data/CF/3A/F0/CF3AF04A5A67FFB6FF1AF9093531099B.xml
maintenance 237a755510 added CF
2024-06-21 12:52:23 +02:00

737 lines
93 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="07E148E91B8913B02B0E503A563D48DE" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.2" ID-GBIF-Dataset="c4019149-a7e6-4078-af48-bde5639c82e9" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="232674" ID-ZooBank="90CB85A5-4380-465B-A8E9-EEF6CF02AEC5" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1461331183338" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Lewis, John G. E." docDate="2015" docId="CF3AF04A5A67FFB6FF1AF9093531099B" docLanguage="en" docName="zt04039p248.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 4039 (2)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article" docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="9" docTitle="Digitipes Attems 1930" docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="245" masterDocId="330388325A75FFA2FF8DFFB1342E0E6E" masterDocTitle="On Verhoeff’s Otostigmus subgenus Malaccopleurus, the nudus group of Otostigmus subgenus Otostigmus Porat, 1876, and Digitipes Attems, 1930, with a description of the foetus stadium larva in O. sulcipes Verhoeff, 1937, (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)" masterLastPageNumber="248" masterPageNumber="225" pageNumber="243" updateTime="1698618524462" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="CD2A6B65F5396751E64AF7DADB040B65" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="691B8A486FBE72680551CDA5B8AD6D99">
<mods:title id="65D69AE564F5EAEC7AC0662809C1E349">On Verhoeff’s Otostigmus subgenus Malaccopleurus, the nudus group of Otostigmus subgenus Otostigmus Porat, 1876, and Digitipes Attems, 1930, with a description of the foetus stadium larva in O. sulcipes Verhoeff, 1937, (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="8480660510F8175C28EE6147FBA78532" type="personal">
<mods:role id="D071E86FD27FE697C776E1744BF65217">
<mods:roleTerm id="42FACF40FDF38B63FCC3A221222BF3B5">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="E86844711D0CEBF4BCE685E9413CE8D4">Lewis, John G. E.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="222DAA39B1D649D51E3F4338DD890E13">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="7563561AB96AE2E99BC92C6F9D165F3B" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="4FFDD6CDB7D2F0782C0AEECF69267331">
<mods:title id="526CD2660BC95574AAFD899CC183A4CF">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="F68B1454A65B816FD46CAD4F33231343">
<mods:date id="E004F519079B89F4739F28C76CEDA4B8">2015</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="BDA4DFEA8EE9402B7C5708C82ECEFE69" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="662B5C8CC2831507785C9440F866F563">2015-11-04</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="C6A5AE142F59F267143A5E1DEDEE5390" type="volume">
<mods:number id="4B5BC970E75FCBDF9CEC3BAEE33AECE0">4039</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="A7D120D171DA8E1EEF770CD4DDDCE894" type="issue">
<mods:number id="457E836A365D401EB2D2E98BA8D8D30D">2</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="2C1D1B0A08729D91B3947683457684AA" unit="page">
<mods:start id="E9D063957F2C2E3EE03ED8CE1E0C2A80">225</mods:start>
<mods:end id="DC70D2633116E244B421FEECE0E4C60F">248</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="40BBC5EDC23E876FD632BBADD28D4933">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="9753407AEF55000C50507DB338320BF4" type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.2</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="42A1E295661B00050ACD448E33E0B9F9" type="GBIF-Dataset">c4019149-a7e6-4078-af48-bde5639c82e9</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="BC1D948248973916273ED2BE0DB9FDB7" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="629E5009ADCD4B676CDA02136E8F1FB2" type="Zenodo-Dep">232674</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="AE8D86414FF383F637FB8E3581628857" type="ZooBank">90CB85A5-4380-465B-A8E9-EEF6CF02AEC5</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="CF3AF04A5A67FFB6FF1AF9093531099B" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5271677" ID-GBIF-Taxon="202596874" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5271677" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:CF3AF04A5A67FFB6FF1AF9093531099B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF3AF04A5A67FFB6FF1AF9093531099B" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="245" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">
<subSubSection id="0F8912D75A67FFB0FF1AF909362A08BC" box="[151,516,1719,1746]" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="472C415C5A67FFB0FF1AF909362A08BC" blockId="18.[151,516,1719,1746]" box="[151,516,1719,1746]" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">
<heading id="1C64F6305A67FFB0FF1AF909362A08BC" bold="true" box="[151,516,1719,1746]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" reason="1">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FF1AF909362A08BC" bold="true" box="[151,516,1719,1746]" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">
Genus
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A67FFB0FF63F906362A08BC" ID-CoL="45DM" ID-ENA="1096233" authority="Attems, 1930" authorityName="Attems" authorityYear="1930" box="[238,516,1719,1746]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FF63F906357408BF" bold="true" box="[238,346,1719,1745]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">Digitipes</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A67FFB0FEECF909362A08BC" author="Attems, C." box="[353,516,1720,1746]" firstAuthor="Attems" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" pagination="287 - 294" part="19" refId="ref14092" refString="Attems, C. (1930 a) Scolopendromorpha du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 19, 287 - 294." title="Scolopendromorpha du Congo Belge" type="journal article" year="1930">Attems, 1930</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0F8912D75A67FFB1FF1AF94F35D10CE8" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="244" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="472C415C5A67FFB0FF1AF94F37360954" blockId="18.[151,1437,1790,2031]" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FF1AF94F35890979" bold="true" box="[151,423,1790,1815]" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">Introductory remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A67FFB0FE22F94E36380978" box="[431,534,1791,1814]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FE22F94E36380978" box="[431,534,1791,1814]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is considered here, as two of the putative eleven species of the genus are very similar to two
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A67FFB0FEB4F89235970954" box="[313,441,1827,1850]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FEB4F89235970954" box="[313,441,1827,1850]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species discussed in this paper.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A67FFB1FF4AF8F635860F51" blockId="18.[151,1437,1790,2031]" lastBlockId="19.[151,1436,151,536]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="244" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A67FFB0FF4AF8F6355F0931" author="Attems, C." box="[199,369,1863,1887]" firstAuthor="Attems" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" pagination="287 - 294" part="19" refId="ref14092" refString="Attems, C. (1930 a) Scolopendromorpha du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 19, 287 - 294." title="Scolopendromorpha du Congo Belge" type="journal article" year="1930" yearSuffix="a">Attems (1930a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A67FFB0FEF2F8F735A00931" author="Attems, C." box="[383,398,1862,1887]" journalOrPublisher="Das Tierreich" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" pagination="1 - 308" part="54" refId="ref14119" refString="Attems, C. (1930 b) Scolopendromorpha. Das Tierreich, 54, 1 - 308. [Walter de Gruyter, Berlin]" title="Scolopendromorpha" type="journal article" year="1930" yearSuffix="b">b</bibRefCitation>
) characterised the genus by the presence of a process on the femur of the ultimate legs in males and the second maxillary pretarsus without accessory spines and without a spur on article 2 of the telopodite.
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A67FFB0FF1AF83F350309C9" author="Lewis, J. G. E." box="[151,301,1934,1959]" firstAuthor="Lewis" journalOrPublisher="African Invertebrates" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" pagination="279 - 286" part="45" refId="ref14794" refString="Lewis, J. G. E. (2004) Redescription and reassignment of the type material of the African centipedes Otostigmus reichardti Kraepelin and Otostigmus tanganjikus Verhoeff, with remarks on the genera Digitipes Attems, Otostigmus Porat and Rhysida Wood (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). African Invertebrates, 45, 279 - 286." title="Redescription and reassignment of the type material of the African centipedes Otostigmus reichardti Kraepelin and Otostigmus tanganjikus Verhoeff, with remarks on the genera Digitipes Attems, Otostigmus Porat and Rhysida Wood (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)" type="journal article" year="2004">Lewis (2004)</bibRefCitation>
pointed out that the accessory spines could be very rudimentary in some
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A67FFB0FBE9F83E30CA09C8" box="[1124,1252,1935,1958]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FBE9F83E30CA09C8" box="[1124,1252,1935,1958]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species and that the spur was absent in
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A67FFB0FE3CF802373909A5" authority="Schileyko, 1995" authorityName="Schileyko" authorityYear="1995" box="[433,791,1970,1995]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="resrevatus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FE3CF802366209A4" box="[433,588,1971,1994]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A67FFB0FE3CF80235E609A4" box="[433,456,1971,1994]" name="Iceland" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. resrevatus
</emphasis>
Schileyko, 1995
</taxonomicName>
. Furthermore Chagas-Jr.
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FBCFF80230AE09A5" box="[1090,1152,1971,1995]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">et al.</emphasis>
(2007) did not observe accessory spines or a spur on article 2 of the telopodite in seven South American species of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A67FFB1FA91F86635650EDE" authority="Parotostigmus" authorityName="Parotostigmus" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="244" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="18" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A67FFB0FA91F86631B50980" box="[1308,1435,2007,2030]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="243">Otostigmus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FF2DFF29356C0EC1" box="[160,322,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Parotostigmus</emphasis>
)
</taxonomicName>
confirming that there is no justification in the separation of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FB90FF2930AA0EC1" box="[1053,1156,152,175]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB90FF2930AA0EC1" box="[1053,1156,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FB5DFF2931610EC1" box="[1232,1359,152,175]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB5DFF2931610EC1" box="[1232,1359,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Most recently,
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A66FFB1FF72FF0D36160EBA" author="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D." box="[255,568,188,213]" firstAuthor="Joshi" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" pagination="99 - 145" part="3626" refId="ref14459" refString="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D. (2013) Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity. Zootaxa, 3626 (1), 99 - 145. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.1.5" title="Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity" type="journal article" year="2013">Joshi &amp; Edgecombe (2013)</bibRefCitation>
showed that these characters were present in Indian
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FB15FF0C30D10EBA" box="[1176,1279,189,212]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB15FF0C30D10EBA" box="[1176,1279,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. They agreed that the two peculiarities of the second maxilla cited by
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A66FFB1FCAFFF5137E00E96" author="Attems, C." box="[802,974,224,248]" firstAuthor="Attems" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" pagination="287 - 294" part="19" refId="ref14092" refString="Attems, C. (1930 a) Scolopendromorpha du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 19, 287 - 294." title="Scolopendromorpha du Congo Belge" type="journal article" year="1930" yearSuffix="a">Attems (1930a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A66FFB1FC56FF6E37C40E96" author="Attems, C." box="[987,1002,223,248]" journalOrPublisher="Das Tierreich" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" pagination="1 - 308" part="54" refId="ref14119" refString="Attems, C. (1930 b) Scolopendromorpha. Das Tierreich, 54, 1 - 308. [Walter de Gruyter, Berlin]" title="Scolopendromorpha" type="journal article" year="1930" yearSuffix="b">b</bibRefCitation>
) as diagnostic for
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FB4EFF5131040E99" box="[1219,1322,224,247]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB4EFF5131040E99" box="[1219,1322,224,247]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are of no value for the generic concept if it is meant to encompass Indian species. See
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A66FFB1FC71FEB5311F0F72" author="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D." box="[1020,1329,260,285]" firstAuthor="Joshi" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" pagination="99 - 145" part="3626" refId="ref14459" refString="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D. (2013) Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity. Zootaxa, 3626 (1), 99 - 145. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.1.5" title="Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity" type="journal article" year="2013">Joshi &amp; Edgecombe (2013)</bibRefCitation>
for a full discussion of the matter.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A66FFB1FF4AFEFD30A40C76" blockId="19.[151,1436,151,536]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A66FFB1FF4AFEFD35D20F0A" author="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D." box="[199,508,332,357]" firstAuthor="Joshi" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" pagination="99 - 145" part="3626" refId="ref14459" refString="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D. (2013) Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity. Zootaxa, 3626 (1), 99 - 145. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.1.5" title="Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity" type="journal article" year="2013">Joshi &amp; Edgecombe (2013)</bibRefCitation>
defined the genus as Otostigmini lacking spiracle on segment 7. Forcipular toothplates with four teeth, the inner two grouped. Coxopleural process with two apical spines, no dorsal spines, single lateral spine present or absent. Conical to subcyclindrical distomedial process on femur of ultimate leg in male, longitudinal furrow along medial surface of femur terminating on the process. However, they pointed out that apart from the characters of the male ultimate leg, these characters are shared by other species currently assigned to
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FF1AFDB1359E0C76" authority="OtostIgmus" authorityName="OtostIgmus" box="[151,432,512,536]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="237" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FF1AFDB135390C79" box="[151,279,512,535]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Otostigmus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FEAAFDB135880C79" box="[295,422,512,535]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Otostigmus</emphasis>
)
</taxonomicName>
and this is true for all the species of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FCC1FDB137E20C79" box="[844,972,512,535]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FCC1FDB137E20C79" box="[844,972,512,535]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
considered here.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A66FFB1FF1AFDDD35D10CE8" blockId="19.[151,511,620,679]" box="[151,511,620,646]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<heading id="1C64F6305A66FFB1FF1AFDDD35D10CE8" bold="true" box="[151,511,620,646]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" reason="1">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FF1AFDDD35D10CE8" bold="true" box="[151,511,620,646]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
The African
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FEBBFDDD358F0CE8" box="[310,417,620,646]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FEBBFDDD358F0CE8" bold="true" box="[310,417,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0F8912D75A66FFB1FF1AFD3F34D20CC9" box="[151,252,654,679]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" type="description">
<paragraph id="472C415C5A66FFB1FF1AFD3F34D20CC9" blockId="19.[151,511,620,679]" box="[151,252,654,679]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
(
<tableCitation id="0A1174E75A66FFB1FF13FD3F34DD0CC9" box="[158,243,654,679]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="19.[151,239,978,1001]" captionTargetBox="[159,1382,1061,2024]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="TABLE 3. Comparison of morphological characters of Otostigmus cuneiventris and the African species of Digitipes. Significant differentiating characters in bold." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/13EC11D45A66FFB1FF1AFC6336580A67" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" tableUuid="13EC11D45A66FFB1FF1AFC6336580A67">Table 3</tableCitation>
)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0F8912D75A66FFB6FF1AFD6735DC0C15" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="245" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" type="description">
<paragraph id="472C415C5A66FFB1FF1AFD6735330DCC" blockId="19.[151,1436,726,930]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
Of the three African species,
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FE66FD6637520C81" authority="Attems, 1930" authorityName="Attems" authorityYear="1930" box="[491,892,726,751]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="verdascens">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FE66FD6636F80C80" box="[491,726,726,750]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Digitipes verdascens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A66FFB1FD52FD6637520C81" author="Attems, C." box="[735,892,727,751]" firstAuthor="Attems" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" pagination="287 - 294" part="19" refId="ref14092" refString="Attems, C. (1930 a) Scolopendromorpha du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 19, 287 - 294." title="Scolopendromorpha du Congo Belge" type="journal article" year="1930">Attems, 1930</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, the
<typeStatus id="9828FFFE5A66FFB1FC38FD6637CB0C81" box="[949,997,727,751]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">type</typeStatus>
species, and
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FB0CFD6634F60D7D" authority="Kraepelin, 1903" authorityName="Kraepelin" authorityYear="1903" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reichardti">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB0CFD66313A0C80" box="[1153,1300,726,750]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">D. reichardti</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A66FFB1FAA8FD6734FE0D7D" author="Kraepelin, K." firstAuthor="Kraepelin" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum Hamburg" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" pagination="1 - 276" part="20" refId="ref14584" refString="Kraepelin, K. (1903) Revision der Scolopendriden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum Hamburg, 20, 1 - 276." title="Revision der Scolopendriden" type="journal article" year="1903">Kraepelin, 1903</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
have a distomedial process on the ultimate leg femur in the male but the sole specimen of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FAA3FD4A35730D59" authority="Dobroruka, 1968" authorityName="Dobroruka" authorityYear="1968" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krausi">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FAA3FD4A31B20D7D" box="[1326,1436,763,787]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">D. krausi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A66FFB1FF1AFCAF35730D59" author="Dobroruka, L. J." box="[151,349,798,823]" firstAuthor="Dobroruka" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" pagination="201 - 215" part="78" refId="ref14290" refString="Dobroruka, L. J. (1968) Myriapoda-Chilopoda aus der Sammlung des Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 78, 201 - 215." title="Myriapoda-Chilopoda aus der Sammlung des Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale" type="journal article" year="1968">Dobroruka, 1968</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, lacks this process and was described as a female. Dobroruka assigned it to
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FB6BFCAE31630D58" box="[1254,1357,799,822]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB6BFCAE31630D58" box="[1254,1357,799,822]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the second maxillary telopodite lacked pretarsal accessory spines and a spur on article 2, as he indicated in a table showing the characters of
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FE5CFCD636110D10" box="[465,575,871,894]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FE5CFCD636150D10" box="[465,571,871,894]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Digitipes</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A66FFB1FDC6FCD636440D11" box="[587,618,871,895]" name="American Samoa" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">As</collectingCountry>
noted above, these are of no value in distinguishing the genus from
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FF1AFC3A35390DCC" box="[151,279,907,930]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FF1AFC3A35390DCC" box="[151,279,907,930]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="13EC11D45A66FFB1FF1AFC6336580A67" ID-Table-UUID="13EC11D45A66FFB1FF1AFC6336580A67" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/13EC11D45A66FFB1FF1AFC6336580A67" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" startId="19.[151,239,978,1001]" targetBox="[159,1382,1061,2024]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="19">
<paragraph id="472C415C5A66FFB1FF1AFC6336580A67" blockId="19.[151,1436,978,1033]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FF1AFC6335250D87" bold="true" box="[151,267,978,1001]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
Comparison of morphological characters of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FD76FC6337D10D87" box="[763,1023,978,1001]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneiventris">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FD76FC6337D10D87" box="[763,1023,978,1001]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Otostigmus cuneiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the African species of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FAB9FC6331B80D87" box="[1332,1430,978,1001]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FAB9FC6331B80D87" box="[1332,1430,978,1001]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Significant differentiating characters in bold.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A66FFB1FDA5FB9730E30986" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<table id="3593B3FC5A66005DFF12FB9431480986" box="[159,1382,1061,2024]" gridcols="5" gridrows="19" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FB9431480A55" box="[159,1382,1061,1083]" gridrow="0" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" rowspan-0="1">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FB9436D70A55" box="[552,761,1061,1083]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FDA5FB9736ED0A55" box="[552,707,1062,1083]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneiventris">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A66FFB1FDA5FB9736130A55" box="[552,573,1062,1083]" name="Iceland" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">O</collectingCountry>
. cuneiventris
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FB9437B10A55" box="[799,927,1061,1083]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FC92FB9737530A55" box="[799,893,1061,1083]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krausi">D. krausi</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FB94308B0A55" box="[989,1189,1061,1083]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FC50FB9730710A55" box="[989,1119,1061,1083]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reichardti">D. reichardti</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFB9431480A55" box="[1216,1382,1061,1083]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A66FFB1FB4DFB9731600A55" authority="Complete" authorityName="Complete" box="[1216,1358,1061,1083]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="verdascens">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB4DFB9731600A55" box="[1216,1358,1061,1083]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">D. verdascens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FBFF31480AED" box="[159,1382,1102,1155]" gridrow="1" pageId="19" pageNumber="244" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FBFF36D70AED" box="[552,761,1102,1155]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Cameroon, Tanzania</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FBFF37B10AED" box="[799,927,1102,1155]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">D. R. Congo</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FBFF308B0AED" box="[989,1189,1102,1155]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Tanzania, D.R. Congo</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFBFF31480AED" box="[1216,1382,1102,1155]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">D. R. Congo</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FB2731480AC2" box="[159,1382,1174,1196]" gridrow="2" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12FB27363C0AC2" box="[159,530,1174,1196]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Maximum length (mm)</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FB2736D70AC2" box="[552,761,1174,1196]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">56</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FB2737B10AC2" box="[799,927,1174,1196]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">58</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FB27308B0AC2" box="[989,1189,1174,1196]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">31</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFB2731480AC2" box="[1216,1382,1174,1196]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">32</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FB7131480AB8" box="[159,1382,1216,1238]" gridrow="3" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12FB71363C0AB8" box="[159,530,1216,1238]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Antennal articles</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FB7136D70AB8" box="[552,761,1216,1238]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">17</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FB7137B10AB8" box="[799,927,1216,1238]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">17</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FB71308B0AB8" box="[989,1189,1216,1238]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">16 (17)</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFB7131480AB8" box="[1216,1382,1216,1238]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">17</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FB5831480A91" box="[159,1382,1257,1279]" gridrow="4" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12FB58363C0A91" box="[159,530,1257,1279]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Basal articles glabrous</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FB5836D70A91" box="[552,761,1257,1279]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FB5837B10A91" box="[799,927,1257,1279]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FB58308B0A91" box="[989,1189,1257,1279]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFB5831480A91" box="[1216,1382,1257,1279]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FAA331480B46" box="[159,1382,1298,1320]" gridrow="5" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12FAA3363C0B46" box="[159,530,1298,1320]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Forcipular coxosternal tooth- plates</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FAA336D70B46" box="[552,761,1298,1320]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Longer than wide</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FAA337B10B46" box="[799,927,1298,1320]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">No data</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FAA3308B0B46" box="[989,1189,1298,1320]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">As wide as long</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFAA331480B46" box="[1216,1382,1298,1320]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">No data</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FA8D31480B3C" box="[159,1382,1340,1362]" gridrow="6" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12FA8D363C0B3C" box="[159,530,1340,1362]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Teeth on coxosternal tooth- plates</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FA8D36D70B3C" box="[552,761,1340,1362]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">4+4</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FA8D37B10B3C" box="[799,927,1340,1362]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">4+4</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FA8D308B0B3C" box="[989,1189,1340,1362]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">4+4</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFA8D31480B3C" box="[1216,1382,1340,1362]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">4+4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FAD431480BF4" box="[159,1382,1381,1434]" gridrow="7" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12FAD4363C0BF4" box="[159,530,1381,1434]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Complete tergite paramedian sutures from</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FAD436D70BF4" box="[552,761,1381,1434]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">6</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FAD437B10BF4" box="[799,927,1381,1434]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">5</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FAD4308B0BF4" box="[989,1189,1381,1434]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">6</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFAD431480BF4" box="[1216,1382,1381,1434]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FA1C31480BAD" box="[159,1382,1453,1475]" gridrow="8" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12FA1C363C0BAD" box="[159,530,1453,1475]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Tergites marginate from</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FA1C36D70BAD" box="[552,761,1453,1475]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">8</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FA1C37B10BAD" box="[799,927,1453,1475]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">21 only</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FA1C308B0BAD" box="[989,1189,1453,1475]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">21 only</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFA1C31480BAD" box="[1216,1382,1453,1475]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB4DFA1C31200BAD" bold="true" box="[1216,1294,1453,1475]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">21 only</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12FA6731480865" box="[159,1382,1494,1547]" gridrow="9" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12FA67363C0865" box="[159,530,1494,1547]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Sternite paramedian sutures/sulci</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5FA6736D70865" box="[552,761,1494,1547]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FDA5FA67364E0B82" bold="true" box="[552,608,1494,1516]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">None</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92FA6737B10865" box="[799,927,1494,1547]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FC92FA6737790B82" bold="true" box="[799,855,1494,1516]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">None</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50FA67308B0865" box="[989,1189,1494,1547]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Complete or almost on some sternites</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DFA6731480865" box="[1216,1382,1494,1547]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Complete</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F9AF3148085A" box="[159,1382,1566,1588]" gridrow="10" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F9AF363C085A" box="[159,530,1566,1588]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Sternite longitudinal depressions</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F9AF36D7085A" box="[552,761,1566,1588]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FDA5F9AF364B085A" bold="true" box="[552,613,1566,1588]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3 or 5</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F9AF37B1085A" box="[799,927,1566,1588]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FC92F9AF3705085A" bold="true" box="[799,811,1566,1588]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F9AF308B085A" box="[989,1189,1566,1588]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">One median (weak)</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF9AF3148085A" box="[1216,1382,1566,1588]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">No data</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F9E531480804" box="[159,1382,1620,1642]" gridrow="11" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F9E5363C0804" box="[159,530,1620,1642]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Sternite posterior round depressions</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F9E536D70804" box="[552,761,1620,1642]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FDA5F9E536850804" bold="true" box="[552,683,1620,1642]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3 transverse</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F9E537B10804" box="[799,927,1620,1642]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FC92F9E5377D0804" bold="true" box="[799,851,1620,1642]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">none</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F9E5308B0804" box="[989,1189,1620,1642]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">One median (weak)</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF9E531480804" box="[1216,1382,1620,1642]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">No data</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F9CC314808FD" box="[159,1382,1661,1683]" gridrow="12" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F9CC363C08FD" box="[159,530,1661,1683]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Coxopleural process spines</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F9CC36D708FD" box="[552,761,1661,1683]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">2 apical</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F9CC37B108FD" box="[799,927,1661,1683]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">2 apical</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F9CC308B08FD" box="[989,1189,1661,1683]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">2 apical+1 lateral</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF9CC314808FD" box="[1216,1382,1661,1683]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">2 apical</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F916314808B5" box="[159,1382,1703,1755]" gridrow="13" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F916363C08B5" box="[159,530,1703,1755]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Coxopleural pore-field widened anteriorly</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F91636D708B5" box="[552,761,1703,1755]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Very slightly</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F91637B108B5" box="[799,927,1703,1755]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">No data</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F916308B08B5" box="[989,1189,1703,1755]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Shape oval</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF916314808B5" box="[1216,1382,1703,1755]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">No data</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F95E3148094D" box="[159,1382,1775,1827]" gridrow="14" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F95E363C094D" box="[159,530,1775,1827]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Legs with tarsal spurs</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F95E36D7094D" box="[552,761,1775,1827]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Some or None</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F95E37B1094D" box="[799,927,1775,1827]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">None</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F95E308B094D" box="[989,1189,1775,1827]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">1-2(3) with 2, 4-19 with 1</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF95E3148094D" box="[1216,1382,1775,1827]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB4DF95E312D094D" bold="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">1-3 with 2, 4-19 with 1</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F88631480905" box="[159,1382,1847,1899]" gridrow="15" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F886363C0905" box="[159,530,1847,1899]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Dorsomedial process on ultimate leg femur in males</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F88636D70905" box="[552,761,1847,1899]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Absent</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F88637B10905" box="[799,927,1847,1899]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">No data</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F886308B0905" box="[989,1189,1847,1899]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Present</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF88631480905" box="[1216,1382,1847,1899]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A66FFB1FB4DF886313F0923" bold="true" box="[1216,1297,1847,1869]" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Present</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F8CE314809FB" box="[159,1382,1919,1941]" gridrow="16" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F8CE363C09FB" box="[159,530,1919,1941]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Ultimate leg dorsal grooves</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F8CE36D709FB" box="[552,761,1919,1941]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Absent</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F8CE37B109FB" box="[799,927,1919,1941]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Absent</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F8CE308B09FB" box="[989,1189,1919,1941]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Absent</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF8CE314809FB" box="[1216,1382,1919,1941]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F819314809D0" box="[159,1382,1960,1982]" gridrow="17" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F819363C09D0" box="[159,530,1960,1982]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Ultimate leg prefemoral spine rows</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F81936D709D0" box="[552,761,1960,1982]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F81937B109D0" box="[799,927,1960,1982]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F819308B09D0" box="[989,1189,1960,1982]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">2</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF819314809D0" box="[1216,1382,1960,1982]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F9A3431E5A66005DFF12F86331480986" box="[159,1382,2002,2024]" gridrow="18" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">
<th id="BA722A625A66005DFF12F863363C0986" box="[159,530,2002,2024]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">Number of spines</th>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFDA5F86336D70986" box="[552,761,2002,2024]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">7(8)</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC92F86337B10986" box="[799,927,2002,2024]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">7</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFC50F863308B0986" box="[989,1189,2002,2024]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">5-6</td>
<td id="BA722A625A66005DFB4DF86331480986" box="[1216,1382,2002,2024]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="19" pageNumber="244">3</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF4AFF29374C0C79" blockId="20.[151,1436,151,536]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FF4AFF2935540EDE" box="[199,378,152,176]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krausi">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FF4AFF2935540EDE" box="[199,378,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes krausi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the other two African species are similar in that only the tergite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment is marginate (this is also listed as a character of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC9CFF0C37560EBA" box="[785,888,189,212]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC9CFF0C37560EBA" box="[785,888,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Dobroruka). However, it differs from them in other respects, resembling
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FE4CFF5136420E99" box="[449,620,224,247]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneiventris">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FE4CFF5136420E99" box="[449,620,224,247]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FE4CFF5135F60E99" box="[449,472,224,247]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. cuneiventris
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the absence of sternite paramedian sutures and the presence of sternite depressions. In
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FEDEFEB435EC0F72" box="[339,450,260,284]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krausi">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FEDEFEB435EC0F72" box="[339,450,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. krausi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
there are three depressions (Dobroruka’s
<figureCitation id="DFA85DD95A61FFB6FC30FEB5303A0F73" box="[957,1044,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 9–16" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1734,1756]" captionTargetBox="[282,1300,207,1715]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[281,1310,193,1726]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 9–16. Foetus stadium Otostigmus sulcipes Malacca. 9. Distal four articles showing article 16 subdivided into two beneath the foetal cuticle spm 1. 10. Cephalic plate spm. 1. 11. Detail of cephalic plate showing possible ocelli spm. 2. 12. Pretarsus of second maxillary telopodite spm.1. 13. Forcipular coxosternal tooth-plates spm. 1. 14. Coxopleuron and sternite of ultimate leg-bearing segment spm. 1, ventral view. 15. Ultimate leg prefemur spm. 2. 16. Detail of ultimate leg prefemur showing developing spines. FIGURES 17–22. Otostigmus trisulcatus 17. Forcipular coxopleural tooth-plates syntype 13365. 18. Left forcipular trochanteroprefemoral process, the same. 19. Sternite 14, the same. 20. Coxopleuron and sternite of ultimate leg-bearing segment and ultimate leg prefemoral, the same, ventral view (coxal pores not shown). 21. Right coxopleuron syntype ZMB 13365, slide 4002. 22. Ultimate leg prefemur syntype 13365, dorsal view. Scale bars = 0.5 mm except Fig. 12, 13 &amp; 16 = 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232676/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
), closely resembling in size and arrangement the larger three in
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FE71FE9936860F51" box="[508,680,296,319]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneiventris">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FE71FE9936860F51" box="[508,680,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FE71FE99363D0F51" box="[508,531,296,319]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. cuneiventris
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spm 1 from Mapanja,
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FC20FE99300C0F2E" box="[941,1058,296,320]" name="Cameroon" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="DFA85DD95A61FFB6FBBFFE9630A90F2E" box="[1074,1159,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURES 51 – 59" captionStartId="16.[151,264,1705,1727]" captionTargetBox="[155,1411,210,1677]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[151,1436,193,1684]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURES 51 – 59. Otostigmus cuneiventris. 51. Forcipular coxopleural tooth-plates, syntype spm. 2, Mapanja. 52. Sternite 12 syntype spm. 1. 53. Sternite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment syntype spm. 2. 54. Loose ultimate leg prefemur of a syntype ventral view. 55. Head and tergites 1 &amp; 2, Bonge spm. 56. Sternite 12 Bonge spm. 57. Coxopleuron and sternite of ultimate legbearing segment and right ultimate leg prefemur Bonge spm. 58. Detail of right coxopleural process, ventral view. 59. Forcipular coxopleural tooth-plates Kilimanjaro spm. 1." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/232680/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Fig. 52</figureCitation>
). It also differs from the other two
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FE8AFEFC35400F0A" box="[263,366,333,356]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FE8AFEFC35400F0A" box="[263,366,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in that the legs lack tarsal spurs and the presence of three rows spines on the prefemoral of the ultimate legs (VL 3, VM 2, DM 2) rather than two (
<tableCitation id="0A1174E75A61FFB6FCA8FEDE37520FE6" box="[805,892,367,392]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="19.[151,239,978,1001]" captionTargetBox="[159,1382,1061,2024]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="TABLE 3. Comparison of morphological characters of Otostigmus cuneiventris and the African species of Digitipes. Significant differentiating characters in bold." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/13EC11D45A66FFB1FF1AFC6336580A67" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" tableUuid="13EC11D45A66FFB1FF1AFC6336580A67">Table 3</tableCitation>
). Its assignment to
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FBDAFEC130930FE9" box="[1111,1213,368,391]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FBDAFEC130930FE9" box="[1111,1213,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
thus rests solely on the fact that only the ultimate leg-bearing tergite is marginate but this character is seen in other
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FB49FE25316D0FC5" box="[1220,1347,404,427]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FB49FE25316D0FC5" box="[1220,1347,404,427]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species namely the North African
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FE45FE0937140FBE" authority="(Newport, 1844)" baseAuthorityName="Newport" baseAuthorityYear="1844" box="[456,826,440,464]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinicaudus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FE45FE09365D0FBE" box="[456,627,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FE45FE0935F10FA1" box="[456,479,440,463]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. spinicaudus
</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FD09FE09371F0FBE" author="Newport, G." box="[644,817,440,464]" firstAuthor="Newport" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="94 - 101" part="13" refId="ref14992" refString="Newport, G. (1844) A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained within the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13, 94 - 101. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745484409442576" title="A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained within the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species" type="journal article" year="1844">Newport, 1844</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and the East African
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FBB7FE0931B90FBE" authority="Verhoeff, 1941" authorityName="Verhoeff" authorityYear="1941" box="[1082,1431,439,464]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tanganjikus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FBB7FE0930CC0FBE" box="[1082,1250,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FBB7FE09307F0FA1" box="[1082,1105,440,463]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. tanganjikus
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FB66FE0631B90FBE" author="Verhoeff, K. W." box="[1259,1431,439,464]" firstAuthor="Verhoeff" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Anzeiger" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="196 - 204" part="135" refId="ref15597" refString="Verhoeff, K. W. (1941) Aliquid novi ex Africa 4. Zoologische Anzeiger, 135, 196 - 204." title="Aliquid novi ex Africa 4" type="journal article" year="1941">Verhoeff, 1941</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, both of which, unlike
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FE19FE6C35D30F9A" box="[404,509,476,500]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krausi">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FE19FE6C35D30F9A" box="[404,509,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. krausi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, have most legs with tarsal spurs. I conclude that
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FBB6FE6C308B0F9A" box="[1083,1189,476,500]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krausi">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FBB6FE6C308B0F9A" box="[1083,1189,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. krausi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is an
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FB66FE6D31450F9D" box="[1259,1387,476,499]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FB66FE6D31450F9D" box="[1259,1387,476,499]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and thus becomes
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FEB8FDB136F50C76" authority="Dobroruka, 1968" authorityName="Dobroruka" authorityYear="1968" box="[309,731,511,536]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="krausi" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FEB8FDB1362C0C76" box="[309,514,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Otostigmus krausi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FD9DFE4E36FD0C76" author="Dobroruka, L. J." box="[528,723,511,536]" firstAuthor="Dobroruka" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="201 - 215" part="78" refId="ref14290" refString="Dobroruka, L. J. (1968) Myriapoda-Chilopoda aus der Sammlung des Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 78, 201 - 215." title="Myriapoda-Chilopoda aus der Sammlung des Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale" type="journal article" year="1968">Dobroruka, 1968</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6ED420355A61FFB6FD6FFE4E374C0C79" box="[738,866,511,536]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FD6FFE4E37750C76" bold="true" box="[738,859,511,536]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">comb. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF1AFDD035DC0C15" blockId="20.[151,498,609,669]" box="[151,498,609,635]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<heading id="1C64F6305A61FFB6FF1AFDD035DC0C15" bold="true" box="[151,498,609,635]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" reason="1">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FF1AFDD035DC0C15" bold="true" box="[151,498,609,635]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
The Indian
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FEA4FDD035BA0C15" box="[297,404,609,635]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FEA4FDD035BA0C15" bold="true" box="[297,404,609,635]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="0F8912D75A61FFB6FF1AFD353531099B" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" type="description">
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF1AFD3534D20CF2" blockId="20.[151,498,609,669]" box="[151,252,644,669]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
(
<tableCitation id="0A1174E75A61FFB6FF13FD3534DA0CF2" box="[158,244,644,669]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="21.[151,239,152,175]" captionTargetBox="[159,1413,235,1355]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="TABLE 4. Comparison of morphological characters of the Indian and Myanmar Digitipes species and Otostigmus nudus. Significant differentiating characters in bold." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/13EC11D45A60FFB7FF1AFF2936580EBE" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" tableUuid="13EC11D45A60FFB7FF1AFF2936580EBE">Table 4</tableCitation>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF1AFD7D364D0DD2" blockId="20.[151,1436,716,2037]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FF1AFD7D35E00C8A" author="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D." box="[151,462,716,741]" firstAuthor="Joshi" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="99 - 145" part="3626" refId="ref14459" refString="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D. (2013) Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity. Zootaxa, 3626 (1), 99 - 145. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.1.5" title="Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity" type="journal article" year="2013">Joshi &amp; Edgecombe (2013)</bibRefCitation>
resolved the nine putative species of Indian
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC41FD7C301D0C8A" box="[972,1075,717,740]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC41FD7C301D0C8A" box="[972,1075,717,740]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
recognised by
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FB6FFD7D34CF0D66" author="Joshi, J. &amp; Karanth, K. P." firstAuthor="Joshi" journalOrPublisher="PLoS ONE" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="42225" part="7" refId="ref14525" refString="Joshi, J. &amp; Karanth, K. P. (2012) Coalescent method in conjunction with niche modelling reveals cryptic diversity among centipedes in the Western Ghats of South India. PLoS ONE, 7, e 42225. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0042225." title="Coalescent method in conjunction with niche modelling reveals cryptic diversity among centipedes in the Western Ghats of South India" type="journal article" year="2012">Joshi &amp; Karanth (2012)</bibRefCitation>
in a molecular analysis as five
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FDD3FD4136EB0D69" box="[606,709,752,775]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FDD3FD4136EB0D69" box="[606,709,752,775]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species and
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FCEDFD4130DF0D66" authority="Pocock, 1890" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1890" box="[864,1265,751,776]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ruficeps">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FCEDFD41306A0D66" box="[864,1092,752,776]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Otostigmus ruficeps</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FBDDFD5E30DF0D66" author="Pocock, R. I." box="[1104,1265,751,776]" firstAuthor="Pocock" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="236 - 350" part="6" refId="ref15049" refString="Pocock, R. I. (1890) Report on a small collection of scorpions and centipedes sent from Madras by Mr. Edgar Thurston. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 6, 5, 236 - 350 + pl. 12." title="Report on a small collection of scorpions and centipedes sent from Madras by Mr. Edgar Thurston" type="journal article" year="1890">Pocock, 1890</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. The
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FAB8FD4131B20D69" box="[1333,1436,752,775]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FAB8FD4131B20D69" box="[1333,1436,752,775]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species are Jangi &amp; Dass’s (1984)
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FDA9FCA436970D42" box="[548,697,788,812]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barnabasi">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FDA9FCA436970D42" box="[548,697,788,812]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. barnabasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FD44FCA437AF0D42" box="[713,897,789,812]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coonoorensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FD44FCA437AF0D42" box="[713,897,789,812]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. coonoorensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC31FCA4301F0D42" box="[956,1073,788,812]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC31FCA4301F0D42" box="[956,1073,788,812]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and two new species:
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FABBFCA435FF0D3E" authority="Joshi &amp; Edgecombe (2013)" authorityName="Joshi &amp; Edgecombe" authorityYear="2013" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jangii">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FABBFCA431B20D42" box="[1334,1436,789,812]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. jangii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FF1AFC8635FF0D3E" author="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D." box="[151,465,823,848]" firstAuthor="Joshi" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="99 - 145" part="3626" refId="ref14459" refString="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D. (2013) Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity. Zootaxa, 3626 (1), 99 - 145. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.1.5" title="Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity" type="journal article" year="2013">Joshi &amp; Edgecombe (2013)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FD86FC8836EF0D21" box="[523,705,824,848]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FD86FC8836930D21" box="[523,701,824,848]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensis">D. periyarensis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
They showed that
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC13FC88303D0D3E" box="[926,1043,824,848]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC13FC88303D0D3E" box="[926,1043,824,848]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a junior subjective synonym of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FF1AFCED36770D1A" authority="Verhoeff, 1938" authorityName="Verhoeff" authorityYear="1938" box="[151,601,860,885]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Arthrorhabdus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jonesii">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FF1AFCED35B90D1A" box="[151,407,860,884]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Arthrorhabdus jonesii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FE2BFCED36770D1A" author="Verhoeff, K. W." box="[422,601,860,885]" firstAuthor="Verhoeff" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="339 - 388" part="71" refId="ref15562" refString="Verhoeff, K. W. (1938) Chilopoden-Studien, zur Kenntnis der Epimorphen. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere, 71, 339 - 388." title="Chilopoden-Studien, zur Kenntnis der Epimorphen" type="journal article" year="1938">Verhoeff, 1938</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, the combination becoming
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC35FCEC31600D1A" authority="Verhoeff, 1938" authorityName="Verhoeff" authorityYear="1938" box="[952,1358,860,885]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jonesii">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC35FCEC30570D1A" box="[952,1145,861,884]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes jonesii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FB1DFCED31680D1A" author="Verhoeff, K. W." box="[1168,1350,860,885]" firstAuthor="Verhoeff" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="339 - 388" part="71" refId="ref15562" refString="Verhoeff, K. W. (1938) Chilopoden-Studien, zur Kenntnis der Epimorphen. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere, 71, 339 - 388." title="Chilopoden-Studien, zur Kenntnis der Epimorphen" type="journal article" year="1938">Verhoeff, 1938</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. They accepted the validity of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FE2CFC3036DF0DF6" authority="Jangi &amp; Dass, 1984" authorityName="Jangi &amp; Dass" authorityYear="1984" box="[417,753,895,920]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pruthii">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FE2CFC3036200DF6" box="[417,526,896,920]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. pruthii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FD98FCCE36DF0DF6" author="Jangi, B. S. &amp; Dass, C. M. S." box="[533,753,895,920]" firstAuthor="Jangi" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="27 - 54" part="43" refId="ref14364" refString="Jangi, B. S. &amp; Dass, C. M. S. (1984) Scolopendridae of the Deccan. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 43, 27 - 54." title="Scolopendridae of the Deccan" type="journal article" year="1984">Jangi &amp; Dass, 1984</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FCA6FC3030B60DF6" authority="Jangi &amp; Dass, 1984" authorityName="Jangi &amp; Dass" authorityYear="1984" box="[811,1176,895,920]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chhotanii">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FCA6FC3037980DF6" box="[811,950,896,920]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. chhotanii</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FC31FCCE30B60DF6" author="Jangi, B. S. &amp; Dass, C. M. S." box="[956,1176,895,920]" firstAuthor="Jangi" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="27 - 54" part="43" refId="ref14364" refString="Jangi, B. S. &amp; Dass, C. M. S. (1984) Scolopendridae of the Deccan. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 43, 27 - 54." title="Scolopendridae of the Deccan" type="journal article" year="1984">Jangi &amp; Dass, 1984</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, although these species were known only from single specimens.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF4AFC7636D20AD6" blockId="20.[151,1436,716,2037]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FF4AFC7635D00D8E" author="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D." box="[199,510,967,992]" firstAuthor="Joshi" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="99 - 145" part="3626" refId="ref14459" refString="Joshi, J. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D. (2013) Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity. Zootaxa, 3626 (1), 99 - 145. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.1.5" title="Revision of the scolopendrid centipede Digitipes Attems, 1930, from India (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): reconciling molecular and morphological estimates of species diversity" type="journal article" year="2013">Joshi &amp; Edgecombe (2013)</bibRefCitation>
noted that
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FDF3FC7837050DB1" box="[638,811,968,992]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FDF3FC7837050DB1" box="[638,811,968,992]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. periyarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FCB6FC7630720D8E" author="Joshi, J. &amp; Karanth, K. P." box="[827,1116,967,992]" firstAuthor="Joshi" journalOrPublisher="PLoS ONE" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="42225" part="7" refId="ref14525" refString="Joshi, J. &amp; Karanth, K. P. (2012) Coalescent method in conjunction with niche modelling reveals cryptic diversity among centipedes in the Western Ghats of South India. PLoS ONE, 7, e 42225. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0042225." title="Coalescent method in conjunction with niche modelling reveals cryptic diversity among centipedes in the Western Ghats of South India" type="journal article" year="2012">Joshi &amp; Karanth’s (2012)</bibRefCitation>
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FBE9FC7930E40DB1" box="[1124,1226,968,991]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FBE9FC7930E40DB1" box="[1124,1226,968,991]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
putative species 4 (PS4)) is very distinct morphologically from the other Indian species of the genus.
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FBBDFC5D313F0A6B" author="Siriwut W. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D. &amp; Sutcharit, C. &amp; Tongerd, P. &amp; Panha, S." box="[1072,1297,1004,1029]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Siriwut" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="71 - 87" part="3931" refId="ref15408" refString="Siriwut W., Edgecombe, G. D., Sutcharit, C., Tongerd, P. &amp; Panha, S. (2015) First record of the African-Indian centipede genus Digitipes Attems, 1930 (Scolopendromorpha: Otostigminae) from Myanmar, and the systematic position of a new species based on molecular phylogenetics. Zootaxa, 3931 (1), 71 - 87. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3931.1.5" title="First record of the African-Indian centipede genus Digitipes Attems, 1930 (Scolopendromorpha: Otostigminae) from Myanmar, and the systematic position of a new species based on molecular phylogenetics" type="journal article" year="2015">
Siriwut
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FB05FC5C30EE0A6A" box="[1160,1216,1004,1028]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">et al.</emphasis>
(2015)
</bibRefCitation>
noted that it is the most anomalous member of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FDCDFBA136880A49" box="[576,678,1040,1063]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FDCDFBA136880A49" box="[576,678,1040,1063]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
morphologically and comparison can be made with species of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FF1AFB8535390A25" box="[151,279,1076,1099]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FF1AFB8535390A25" box="[151,279,1076,1099]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its robust, dorsally grooved ultimate legs. They added that the complete or nearly complete paramedian sutures on sternites in
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FD93FBE836E50A01" box="[542,715,1112,1136]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FD93FBE836E50A01" box="[542,715,1112,1136]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. periyarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be emphasised because they resemble a condition found in other genera of Otostigminae (some species of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FD69FBCD374A0AFD" box="[740,868,1148,1171]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FD69FBCD374A0AFD" box="[740,868,1148,1171]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and that the membership of this species within
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FF1AFB1134D00AD9" box="[151,254,1184,1207]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FF1AFB1134D00AD9" box="[151,254,1184,1207]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is heavily reliant on its molecular placement.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF4AFB7534CF0B26" blockId="20.[151,1436,716,2037]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
Siriwut
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FEADFB7435760AB2" box="[288,344,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">et al.</emphasis>
tabulated the taxonomic characters of the eleven species of the genus including their new species
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FF1AFB5937100B6E" authority="Siriwut, Edgecombe &amp; Panha, 2015" authorityName="Siriwut, Edgecombe &amp; Panha" authorityYear="2015" box="[151,830,1255,1280]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kalewaensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FF1AFB5935A10B6E" box="[151,399,1256,1280]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes kalewaensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="23023CAD5A61FFB6FE16FB5637100B6E" author="Siriwut W. &amp; Edgecombe, G. D. &amp; Sutcharit, C. &amp; Tongerd, P. &amp; Panha, S." box="[411,830,1255,1280]" firstAuthor="Siriwut" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" pagination="71 - 87" part="3931" refId="ref15408" refString="Siriwut W., Edgecombe, G. D., Sutcharit, C., Tongerd, P. &amp; Panha, S. (2015) First record of the African-Indian centipede genus Digitipes Attems, 1930 (Scolopendromorpha: Otostigminae) from Myanmar, and the systematic position of a new species based on molecular phylogenetics. Zootaxa, 3931 (1), 71 - 87. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3931.1.5" title="First record of the African-Indian centipede genus Digitipes Attems, 1930 (Scolopendromorpha: Otostigminae) from Myanmar, and the systematic position of a new species based on molecular phylogenetics" type="journal article" year="2015">Siriwut, Edgecombe &amp; Panha, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FC07FB5837D70B6F" box="[906,1017,1257,1281]" name="Myanmar" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
. The aggregated data for six Indian species are given in
<tableCitation id="0A1174E75A61FFB6FE0AFABD35F30B4A" box="[391,477,1292,1317]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="21.[151,239,152,175]" captionTargetBox="[159,1413,235,1355]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="TABLE 4. Comparison of morphological characters of the Indian and Myanmar Digitipes species and Otostigmus nudus. Significant differentiating characters in bold." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/13EC11D45A60FFB7FF1AFF2936580EBE" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" tableUuid="13EC11D45A60FFB7FF1AFF2936580EBE">Table 4</tableCitation>
together with
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FD07FABC37190B4A" box="[650,823,1292,1316]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kalewaensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FD07FABC37190B4A" box="[650,823,1292,1316]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. kalewaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FCC5FABC37C20B4A" box="[840,1004,1293,1316]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensi">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FCC5FABC37C20B4A" box="[840,1004,1293,1316]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. periyarensi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
s (the seventh Indian species) and
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FA0CFABD34F40B26" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FA0CFABD34F40B26" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FA0CFABD31B60B4D" box="[1409,1432,1292,1315]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. nudus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF4AFAE437290806" blockId="20.[151,1436,716,2037]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
In addition to the almost complete sternite paramedian sutures and dorsally grooved ultimate legs
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FAB8FAE4350E0BE1" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FAB8FAE4350E0BE1" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes periyarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the other Indian species by the coxosternal tooth-plates being longer than wide rather than wider than long, the coxopleural pore-field not being widened anteriorly, the complete absence of tarsal, tibial and femoral spurs as opposed to femoral and tibial spurs on leg 1, two tarsal spurs on anterior legs and a single tarsal spur to leg 19 or 20 (no precise data on the distribution of tarsal spurs in
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC4DFA5430620B92" box="[960,1100,1508,1532]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chhotanii">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC4DFA5430620B92" box="[960,1100,1508,1532]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. chhotanii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The ultimate legs of the two specimens of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FEBBF9B835CA0871" box="[310,484,1544,1568]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FEBBF9B835CA0871" box="[310,484,1544,1568]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. periyarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
do not show the longitudinal groove along the medial surface of the femur or the conical to subcyclindrical distomedial femoral process present in the males of other
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FBDFF99C3096082A" box="[1106,1208,1581,1604]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FBDFF99C3096082A" box="[1106,1208,1581,1604]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species and for this reason Joshi and Edgecombe regarded them as females.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF4AF9C435E5092E" blockId="20.[151,1436,716,2037]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FF4AF9C435ED08E2" box="[199,451,1653,1676]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FF4AF9C435ED08E2" box="[199,451,1653,1676]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes periyarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphologically identical in almost all respects to
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FBC6F9C5309808E2" box="[1099,1206,1652,1676]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FBC6F9C5309808E2" box="[1099,1206,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FBC6F9C5304C08E5" box="[1099,1122,1652,1675]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. nudus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<tableCitation id="0A1174E75A61FFB6FB71F9C5317B08E2" box="[1276,1365,1652,1677]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="21.[151,239,152,175]" captionTargetBox="[159,1413,235,1355]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="TABLE 4. Comparison of morphological characters of the Indian and Myanmar Digitipes species and Otostigmus nudus. Significant differentiating characters in bold." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/13EC11D45A60FFB7FF1AFF2936580EBE" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" tableUuid="13EC11D45A60FFB7FF1AFF2936580EBE">Table 4</tableCitation>
). The principle differences between them are the presence of a weak median keel on the tergites in
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FB31F929310D08DE" box="[1212,1315,1688,1712]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FB31F929310D08DE" box="[1212,1315,1688,1712]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FB31F92930FD08C1" box="[1212,1235,1688,1711]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. nudus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and in the greater development of the grooves and the presence of pits on the prefemur, femur and tibia of the ultimate legs of
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FF1AF95035640899" box="[151,330,1760,1784]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FF1AF95035640899" box="[151,330,1760,1784]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. periyarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FEEDF95135510896" box="[352,383,1760,1784]" name="American Samoa" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">As</collectingCountry>
shown above for
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FDE5F95137380896" box="[616,790,1760,1784]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="geophilinus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FDE5F95137380896" box="[616,790,1760,1784]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FDE5F95136510899" box="[616,639,1760,1783]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. geophilinus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the degree of development of the grooves can vary considerably. These differences may be sexual or due to individual variation but do not seem sufficient to regard the two as separate species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="472C415C5A61FFB6FF4AF8FC3531099B" blockId="20.[151,1436,716,2037]" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
It is here proposed that
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FE41F8FC3656090A" box="[460,632,1869,1892]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="periyarensis">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FE41F8FC3656090A" box="[460,632,1869,1892]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">D. periyarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a junior subjective synonym of
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC7AF8FD304A090A" box="[1015,1124,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC7AF8FD304E090A" box="[1015,1120,1868,1892]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudus">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FC7AF8FD3020090D" box="[1015,1038,1868,1891]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. nudus
</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The alternative would be to transfer the other morphologically similar
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FD0EF8C1372D09E9" box="[643,771,1904,1927]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FD0EF8C1372D09E9" box="[643,771,1904,1927]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Otostigmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species namely, the
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC7AF8C1314109E9" box="[1015,1391,1904,1928]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC7AF8C1304C09E6" box="[1015,1122,1904,1928]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudus">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FC7AF8C1302009E9" box="[1015,1038,1904,1927]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. nudus
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FBFCF8C130DD09E6" box="[1137,1267,1904,1928]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulcipes">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FBFCF8C130A609E9" box="[1137,1160,1904,1927]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. sulcipes
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FA8FF8C1314109E9" box="[1282,1391,1904,1927]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sutteri">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FA8FF8C1313709E9" box="[1282,1305,1904,1927]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. sutteri
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FA0CF8C1353409C2" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="geophilinus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FA0CF8C1353409C2" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FA0CF8C131B609E9" box="[1409,1432,1904,1927]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. geophilinus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and possibly
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FE3FF825361509C2" box="[434,571,1940,1964]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taeniatus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FE3FF825361509C2" box="[434,571,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FE3FF82535E709C5" box="[434,457,1940,1963]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. taeniatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FDFDF825373409C2" box="[624,794,1940,1964]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Otostigmus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cuneiventris">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FDFDF825373409C2" box="[624,794,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">
<collectingCountry id="3F8401CC5A61FFB6FDFDF82536A909C5" box="[624,647,1940,1963]" name="Iceland" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">O</collectingCountry>
. cuneiventris
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FCB1F824378D09C2" box="[828,931,1941,1964]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FCB1F824378D09C2" box="[828,931,1941,1964]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
although no specimens show the distomedial process on the femur of the ultimate leg characteristic of mature male
<taxonomicName id="80933ADF5A61FFB6FC3DF808303909BE" box="[944,1047,1977,2000]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Digitipes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="20" pageNumber="245" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="75E79D4E5A61FFB6FC3DF808303909BE" box="[944,1047,1977,2000]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="245">Digitipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and it seems very unlikely that all are females.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>
Reference in a new issue View git blame Copy permalink