Lithobius (Chinobius) yuchernovi, a new lithobiid species from northeastern Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha)

By

Farzalieva, Gyulli
Nefediev, Pavel
Tuf, Ivan H.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

693

Pages

95-108

Subjects

Lithobius , new species , nomina nova , Russian Far East , Siberia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.693.14769

 

Abstract

Lithobius yuchernovisp. n. is described, based on type material from the Ola Plateau, Magadan Region, Russia. The new species is widely distributed in northeastern Siberia, ranging from the Magadan Region, until the eastern Chukot Autonomous Region and the Kamchatka Peninsula in the southeast, whence non-type material is documented. This species belongs to the subgenus Chinobius Matic, 1973 based on the structure of the female gonopodal claw (more than two denticles on the internal ridge). It differs from all Palearctic species of the genus Lithobius by the following apomorphy: distoventral tubercle supporting a cluster of long and curved setae situated on the last male tibia. In addition, it shows dorsal and ventral sulci on the last legs. New replacement names are introduced: Lithobius zachiuinom. n. for Lithobius (Chinobius) orientalis (Matic, 1973) and Lithobius carlinom. n. for Lithobius (Alokobius) orientalis Attems, 1953.