A new species of Lithobius (Monotarsobius) Verhoeff, 1905 (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae) from China

By

Ma, Huiqin
Pei, Sujian
Shi, Baojun
Wu, Dayong
Zhou, Wenjie

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

82

Pages

59-66

Subjects

China , Hebei , Lithobiidae , Lithobius (Monotarsobius) songi sp. n , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.82.823

 

Abstract

The present paper deals with a new species of the genus Lithobius Leach, 1814, L. (Monotarsobius) songi sp. n. (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) recently discovered in Hebei Province, China. Morphologically it resembles L. (M.) holstii (Pocock, 1895) from China and Japan but could be well distinguished from latter bya Tömösváry’s organ slightly smaller than the adjoining ocelli, different leg plectrotaxy and tridentate claw of female gonopods. A key to the Chinese Lithobius (Monotarsobius) species is presented.