02137nas a2200193 4500008004100000020001400041245018700055210006900242260001500311300001000326490000800336520144100344100002001785700002001805700002701825700002701852700001701879856004701896 2017 en d a1313-297000aA new cave centipede from Croatia, Eupolybothrus liburnicus sp. n., with notes on the subgenus Schizopolybothrus Verhoeff, 1934 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)0 anew cave centipede from Croatia iEupolybothrus liburnicusi sp n  c01/08/2017 a11-430 v6873 a

A new species of Eupolybothrus Verhoeff, 1907 discovered in caves of Velebit Mountain in Croatia is described. E. liburnicus sp. n. exhibits a few morphological differences from its most similar congeners, all of which are attributed to the subgenus Schizopolybothrus Verhoeff, 1934, and two approaches to species delimitation using the COI barcode region identify it as distinct from the closely allied E. cavernicolus Stoev & Komerički, 2013. E. spiniger (Latzel, 1888) is redescribed and a lectotype is designated for it as well as E. caesar (Verhoeff, 1899) to stabilize their respective taxonomic status. The subspecies E. acherontis wardaranus Verhoeff, 1937, previously suspected to be a synonym of E. caesar (Verhoeff, 1899), is redescribed and its taxonomy revised after the study of type material whereas the identity of E. acherontis (Verhoeff, 1900) described from a female from southwest Trebinje (Bosnia and Herzegovina) remains unknown. Type material of E. stygis (Folkmanova, 1940) is confirmed to be lost and future designation of neotypes from topotypic specimens is necessary to stabilize its taxonomy. The importance of setal arrangement on the intermediate and 14th tergites and the sexual modifications on the male 15th prefemur for species identification is discussed in the light of present findings, and a review of the species of E. (Schizopolybothrus) that display these traits is also provided.

1 aAkkari, Nesrine1 aKomerički, Ana1 aWeigand, Alexander, M.1 aEdgecombe, Gregory, D.1 aStoev, Pavel uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/13844/01793nas a2200181 4500008004100000020001400041245013900055210006900194260001500263300001300278490000700291520115200298100002001450700002301470700002001493700002001513856007801533 2018 en d a1932-620300aNew avatars for Myriapods: Complete 3D morphology of type specimens transcends conventional species description (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)0 aNew avatars for Myriapods Complete 3D morphology of type specime c03.07.2018 ae02001580 v133 a

We present high-resolution X-ray microtomography (microCT) to enhance the standard morphological description of a recently described centipede, Eupolybothrus liburnicus Akkari, Komerički, Weigand, Edgecombe and Stoev, 2017. The 3D images of the holotype and paratype specimens are considered here as cybertypes for the species–a universal and virtual representation of the type material. This ‘avatar’ of the holotype is the first published male centipede cybertype. The microtomographic data of both types revealed further characters of systematic value and allowed us to hypothesise on the function of some of the male secondary structures and the mating behaviour of the species. Additionally, we compared part of the female reproductive system of E. liburnicus to species from the same genus, including E. cavernicolus Stoev & Komerički 2013, its closest congener. The high-resolution 3D image data have been uploaded to an open repository (MorphoSource.org) to serve in any subsequent study on the species and genus, as we believe this would catalyse biosystematic research on this and other arthropod groups.

1 aAkkari, Nesrine1 aGanske, Anne-Sarah1 aKomerički, Ana1 aMetscher, Brian uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200158