Hessebius luculentus, a new species of the genus Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 from China (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)

By

Ma, Huiqin
Lu, Yanmin
Liu, Haipeng
Hou, Xiaojie
Pei, Sujian

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

741

Pages

193-202

Subjects

China , Hessebius luculentus sp. n , Lithobiidae , Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.741.20061

 

Abstract

Hessebius luculentussp. n.(Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae), recently discovered from Shandan County, Zhangye City, Province Gansu, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, is described. Morphologically it resemblesH. jangtseanus(Verhoeff, 1942), but can be easily distinguished from the latter by size of Tömösváry’s organ’s, the morphological characters of a protuberance on the dorsal end of the second article of the female gonopods; and obvious differences in the dorsal plectrotaxy of both the 14thand 15thlegs. The main morphological characters and a key to the known Chinese species of genusHessebiusbased on adult specimens are presented.