Lithobius (Monotarsobius) monoforaminis sp. n., a new species of lithobiid centipede from central China (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)

By

Ma, Huiqin
Pei, Sujian
Wu, Dayong
Lin, Hongjun
Gai, Yonghua

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

193

Pages

79-87

Subjects

China , identification key , Lithobiidae , Lithobius (Monotarsobius) monoforaminis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.193.2802

 

Abstract

The present paper describes a new species Lithobius (Monotarsobius) monoforaminis sp. n. (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) recently discovered from Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces, Central China. Morphologically it resembles L. (M.) minimus Farzalieva, 2006 from Eastern Kazakhstan, but could be well distinguished from the latteronly one pore on the coxae of legs 12–15 and different plectrotaxy, and by lacking a wart on the male tibia 15. A key to the Chinese Lithobius (Monotarsobius) species is presented.