Lithobius (Ezembius) varioporus, a new species from eastern China (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)

By

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

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

931

Pages

35--48

Subjects

Centipede , Chilopoda , Hebei Province , myriapods

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.931.47305

 

Abstract

Lithobius (Ezembius) varioporussp. nov. (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae), recently discovered from Longquanguan Town, Fuping County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, China, is described. Morphologically it resembles to Lithobius (Ezembius) laevidentata Pei, Ma, Hou, Zhu & Gai, 2015 from the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, but can be easily distinguished from the latter by the Tömösváry’s organ, slightly smaller than the adjoining ocelli, no secondary sexual modifications on male tibia 14 and 15, posterior accessory spine of legs 14 and 15 present and the number of coxal pores varying considerably from three to eight. The main morphological characters of the known Chinese species of the subgenusEzembius Chamberlin, 1919 based on adult specimens are presented.