Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus, antennae, prefemoral spines, prefemoral spine

General description: 

Species concept: Morphological Species Concept

Diagnosis: Antennae long, with 20-26 antennal articles. Cephalic plate and T1 entirely separate. T1 without an anterior transverse sulcus. Coxosternal tooth-plates elongated, with 4 large divergent teeth extending beyond the forcipular trochanteroprefemoral process. Tarsal spurs minute and on LL1-15 only. L21 with about 22 prefemoral spines.

See Shelley (2002: 46)[1] and Lewis (2010: 86)[2].

References

  1. R. M. Shelley, “A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda)”, Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir, vol. 5, pp. 1-108, 2002.
  2. J. G. E. Lewis, “A key and annotated list of the Scolopendra species of the Old World with a reappraisal of Arthrorhabdus (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)”, International Journal of Myriapodology, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 83-122, 2010.
Taxonomic name: 
Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus (Taxonomy), antennae (Morphology), prefemoral spines (Morphology), prefemoral spine (Morphology)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith