A New Brazilian Schendylid Centipede (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) with Unusually Structured Antennae

Authors: Pereira L.A.¹; Foddai D.²; Minelli A.²

Source: Zoologischer Anzeiger, Volume 241, Number 1, March 2002 , pp. 57-65(9)

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Abstract:

In Schendylops schubarti n. sp. from Brazil: Pernambuco: Tupi the fourth antennal article is characterised by unusual chaetotaxy and by elongation. Oddly, the more proximal as well as the more distal articles are not modified. This morphological condition is quite rare in arthropods and thus far unique in centipedes.

Keywords: Myriapoda; Schendylidae; new species; Brazil; antennal pattern; segment differentiation

Language: English

Document Type: Original article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1078/0044-5231-00012

Affiliations: 1: Museo de La Plata, Argentina 2: Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Italia

Publication date: 2002-03-01