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Anopsobius

Description

Key to species of Anopsobius

1a. Spiracle present on first pedigerous segment.................................................................. .................................................................... macfaydeni Eason, 1993 [Falkland Islands]

1b. Spiracle lacking on first pedigerous segment................................................................ 2

2a. Leg 14 and 15 prefemur bearing a ventrodistal spur.................................................... 3

2b. Leg 14 and 15 prefemur lacking a ventrodistal spur..................................................... 6

3a. Leg 15 trochanter lacking ventrodistal spur........................................................................................................................................... productus Silvestri, 1899 [Chile: Temuco]

3a. Leg 15 trochanter with ventrodistal spur....................................................................... 4

4a. Coxal pores 2,2 on legs 14 and 15 of males.................................................................. 5

4b. Coxal pores 1,1 on legs 14 and 15 of males................................................................... ....... patagonicus Silvestri, 1909 [Argentina: Santa Cruz; South Africa: Western Cape]

5a. Dental margin of maxillipede with up to 8+8 teeth; maxillipede pleurite collar with weak median suture; leg 15 basitarsus 6­7 times longer than maximal width............... .......... neozelanicus Silvestri, 1909 [New Zealand, Auckland Islands, Chatham Island]

5b. Dental margin of maxillipede usually with 5+5 teeth (maximum 6+6); maxillipede pleurite collar with subtrapezoidal median sclerite; leg 15 basitarsus 3.5­4 times longer than maximal width ....................... wrighti n. sp. [Australia: New South Wales]

6a. Dental margin of maxillipede with 6+6 teeth and narrow, deep median notch; porodont between two outer teeth.............................. diversus Chamberlin, 1962 [Chile: Chiloé]

6b. Dental margin of maxillipede with 5+5 teeth and broadly V­shaped median notch; porodont distal to outer tooth............................... actius Chamberlin, 1962 [Chile: Chiloé]

Other

Published as part of Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2003, A new species of the Gondwanan centipede Anopsobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New South Wales, Australia, pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 204 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156359

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Henicopidae
Genus
Anopsobius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lithobiomorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Eason, E. H. (1993) A new species of Anopsobius from the Falkland Islands, with commentary on the geographical distribution of the genus (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). Myriapodologica, 2, 83 - 89.
  • Silvestri, F. (1899) Contribucion al estudio de los quilopodos chilenos. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 3, 141 - 152.
  • Chamberlin, R. V. (1962) Chilopods secured by the Royal Society Expedition to southern Chile in 1958 - 59. University of Utah Biological Series, 12, 1 - 23.