A new soil centipede from South-East Asia with a unique arrangement of ventral glands, and a revised synopsis of Gonibregmatidae (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha).

ABSTRACT: A new gonibregmatid centipede, Vinaphilusunicus gen. n., sp. n., is described based on two females from a single location in northern Vietnam. The new genus and species are distinguished mainly by the arrangement of the ventral pore-fields, which is unique among all Chilopoda. A critically revised synopsis of the Gonibregmatidae is also given. In particular, three species are provisionally recognized in Himatosoma Pocock, 1891: H.bidivisum Silvestri, 1919, H.porosum Pocock, 1891 (= H.typicumtridivisum Silvestri, 1919, syn. n.), and H.typicum Pocock, 1891. The genera Dschangelophilus Verhoeff, 1937 and Tweediphilus Verhoeff, 1937, with their species D.coloratus Verhoeff, 1937 and T.malaccanus Verhoeff

SUBMITTER: Thi Thanh Tran B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6477870 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature