An unusual new centipede subgenus Lithobius (Sinuispineus), with two new species from China (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)

By

Chang, Xiaodong
Pei, Sujian
Zhu, Chunying
Ma, Huiqin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

980

Pages

43--55

Subjects

Chilopoda , Lithobius (Sinuispineus) minuticornis sp. nov , Lithobius (Sinuispineus) sinuispineus sp. nov , Myriapoda

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.980.47295

 

Abstract

The present study describes a new Lithobiomorpha subgenus, Lithobius (Sinuispineus)subgen. nov., and two new species, L. (Sinuispineus) sinuispineussp. nov. and L. (Sinuispineus) minuticornissp. nov. from China. The representatives of the new subgenus are characterized by a considerable sexual dimorphism of the ultimate leg pair 15, having the femur and tibia unusually enlarged in males, and the dorsal side of the femur with curved posterior spurs. These features distinguish Lithobius (Sinuispineus)subgen. nov. from all other subgenera of Lithobius. The diagnosis and the main morphological characters of the new subgenus and of the two new species are given for both male and female specimens.