Type designation and redescription of Scolopendraspinosissima Kraepelin, 1903 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae), with remarks on related taxa.

ABSTRACT: The recent description of the scolopendromorph centipede Scolopendraparadoxa Doménech, 2018 raised questions concerning the morphological limits of its closest relative S.spinosissima Kraepelin, 1903. Following the works of this author and other evidence, the specimens making up the type series of S.spinosissima and a lectotype are fixed, redescribed, and illustrated; these are then compared with this species' unique available voucher and with S.paradoxa type material. Specimens making up the S.spinosissima type series are fixed including only four of the five individuals stored in the collection of Zoological Museum of Hamburg and, the voucher is identified as S.spinosissima. Its sister species, S.paradoxa, is confirmed as a morphologically

SUBMITTER: Domenech C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11502944 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature