On the taxonomic position of the enigmatic genus Tonkinodentus Schileyko, 1992 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha): the first molecular data

By

Schileyko, Arkady A.
Solovyeva, Evgeniya

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

840

Pages

133-155

Subjects

18S rRNA , 28S rRNA , Extended redescription , molecular analysis , Scolopendridae , taxonomic position , Tonkinodentus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.840.33635

 

Abstract

The taxonomic position of the monotypic Vietnamese genus Tonkinodentus Schileyko, 1992 (for T. lestes Schileyko, 1992) has been considered in the light of the first obtained molecular data. Both molecular (28S rRNA) and morphological data support the position of this extraordinary eye-less genus within the family Scolopendridae Leach, 1814, a sighted clade, and thus suggests the polyphyly of blind scolopendromorphs. The species diagnosis has been amended and color images of T. lestes provided for the first time.