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Issue: Vol. 5081 No. 2: 10 Dec. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.2.8
Page range: 295-300
Abstract views: 519
PDF downloaded: 30

Otostigmus (Otostigmus) xizangensis n. sp., from China and a case of sexual dimorphism in the subgenus Otostigmus (Otostigmus) Porat, 1876 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae)

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China.
Myriapoda centipede new species Otostigmus sexual dimorphism Xizang

Abstract

Otostigmus (Otostigmus) xizangensis n. sp., a new species of subgenus Otostigmus Porat, 1876 from Xizang, China, is described and illustrated. The new species is diagnosed as follows: antennae 17–19 articles (mainly 19), basal antennal articles cylindrical; forcipular tooth-plate with 4 teeth; tergites (5) 6–20 with complete paramedian sutures; well-developed lateral margination on tergites (6) 9–21; ultimate leg prefemora with four rows of spines, leg 20 with one tarsal spur. The coxopleural process of O. (O.) xizangensis n. sp. exhibits remarkable sexual dimorphism, being long and curved in females, short and straight in males.

 

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