A new species of Validifemur Ma, Song & Zhu, 2007 (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae) from northwest China

Yuhang Han; Sujian Pei; Huiqin Ma; Yaojun Li; Yinfeng Liu

doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e81849

A new species of Validifemur Ma, Song & Zhu, 2007 (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae) from northwest China

Biodivers Data J. 2022 Apr 18:10:e81849. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e81849. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yuhang Han¹, Sujian Pei¹, Huiqin Ma^{2

1}, Yaojun Li¹, Yinfeng Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Myriapodology, School of Life Sciences, Hengshui University, Hengshui, China Institute of Myriapodology, School of Life Sciences, Hengshui University Hengshui China.
² Hebei Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Conservation, Hengshui, China Hebei Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Conservation Hengshui China.

Abstract

Background: The myriapod fauna of China is still poorly known and very little attention has been paid to the study of Lithobiomorpha, with only more 100 species/subspecies hitherto known from the country, amongst which are only three species of Validifemur. Here we are describing a new species from northwest China.

New information: A new lithobiid species, Validifemurradispinipes sp. n., is described and illustrated from Wolong Mountain Park, Jingyuan County, Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest China. The new species is compared with V.pedodontus Ma, Song & Zhu, 2007 from Shaanxi Province, China. Type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Myriapodology, School of Life Sciences, Hengshui University, Hengshui, China.

Keywords: Lithobiomorpha; Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; Validifemur; new species; northwest China.

Yuhang Han, Sujian Pei, Huiqin Ma, Yaojun Li, Yinfeng Liu.