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Issue: Vol. 1460 No. 1: 27 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1460.1.2
Page range: 25–34
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 3

A new genus and two new species of Lithobiid Centipedes  (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from China

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China
Chilopoda new genus Validifemur new species Lithobiidae Shanxi North China

Abstract

Validifemur gen. n. is described with two new species, V. pedodontus sp. n. and V. zapparolii sp. n., from the Shanxi Province of North China. These new taxa have some exceptional morphological characters, especially the strong protuberance on the last pair of legs in male. Both species are described based on both male and female specimens.

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