Ribautia lewisi sp. nov., a new centipede from Argentina with unusual tentorial process (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2013
Authors:L. Alberto Pereira
Volume:3630
Start Page:225
Pagination:225-242
Date Published:Mar-20-2013
ISSN:1175-5334, 1175-5326
Keywords:Chilopoda, Geophilidae, Geophilomorpha, Neotropical Región, new species, Ribautia
Abstract:

Ribautia lewisi sp. nov. (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae) is herein described and illustrated after the holotype (male), paratypes (males and females), and additional non type specimens from Northeastern Argentina (Mesopotamian region). The new species is characterized by having a cluster of coxal organs in each coxopleuron of the ultimate leg-bear-ing segment and a claw-like pretarsus in the ultimate legs, bearing a very unusual feature, in that the internal limbs of ten-torium have a conspicuous tooth-shaped sclerotized process directed inward. R. lewisi sp. nov. is only the second confirmed record of the genus Ribautia from Argentina, the other being R. jakulicai Pereira, 2007 from Northwestern re-gion of the country (Yungas biogeographical province).

URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.2
DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.2
Citation Key:1517
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