The revalidation of Otostigmus (O.) lewisi Song et al., 2005 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) based on new material from Jiacha County, China

By

Liu, Xiaoshuang
Li, Yixuan
Di, Zhiyong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-3-4

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1088

Pages

41--52

Subjects

Centipede , Centipede , Otostigmus beroni , Otostigmus lewisi , taxonomy , Tibet , Xizang

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1088.77703

 

Abstract

Otostigmus (O.) lewisiSong et al., 2005 was described from sub-adult specimens from Jiacha County (Xizang, China), but was synonymized by Lewis (2010) with the Nepalese species O. (O.) beroni Lewis, 2001. The latter was also recorded from Jilong County (Xizang, China) by Song et al. (2005). Following a comparison of O. (O.) beroni from Jilong County with new materials of O. (O.) lewisi from Jiacha County, we reaffirm that O. (O.) lewisi is a valid species.