Two new species of the genus Symphylella (Symphyla, Scolopendrellidae) from East China

By

Jin, Ya-Li
Bu, Yun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1003

Pages

1--18

Subjects

chaetotaxy , Morphology , Myriapoda , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1003.60210

 

Abstract

Symphylella minutasp. nov. and Symphylella communasp. nov. from China are described and illustrated. Symphylella minutasp. nov. is characterized by the delicate and minute body, a well-developed and thin central rod with a vestige of a transverse suture in the middle, eight setae on the first tergite, pointed processes on the tergites, and short cerci with sparse setae. Symphylella communasp. nov. is characterized by the chaetotaxy of the first tergite with 4+4 setae, processes of the tergites somewhat longer or the same length with broad, most of lateromaginal setae long, anterolateral setae of tergites 2–4, 6, 7, 9, and 10 distinctly longer than other lateromarginal setae, approximately as long as the process of the same tergite, and cerci with numerous subequal and slightly curved setae. In addition, the chaetotaxic variation on the tergites, the distribution, the habitat, and the feeding habit of the genus Symphylella are discussed.