A new species of the genus Australobius Chamberlin, 1920 (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae) from southwestern China

By

Zhang, Yutong
Ma, Huiqin
Pei, Sujian
Zhang, Feng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2026-1-22

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

14

Pages

1--15

Subjects

Chilopoda , Chongqing , new specices , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e182797

 

Abstract

<br> The genus<br> Australobius<br> Chamberlin, 1920 is a small genus of subfamily Lithobiinae Newport, 1844 within family Lithobiidae Newport, 1844. The World Catalogue of Centipedes currently records 35 species or subspecies for<br> Australobius<br> .<br> <br> <br> A new species<br> Australobius septforaminis<br> sp. nov., is described based on both sexes (four males and two females specimens) from Guanshan, Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Wuxi County, Chongqing, China. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of<br> Australobius septforaminis<br> sp. nov. are provided.<br>