Study on the Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from Tibet, China - Part II: New species and new record of the genus Samarangopus

Yun Bu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.927.50100

Study on the Pauropoda (Myriapoda) from Tibet, China - Part II: New species and new record of the genus Samarangopus

Zookeys. 2020 Apr 16:927:53-64. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.927.50100. eCollection 2020.

Author

Yun Bu¹

Affiliation

¹ Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, Shanghai 200041, China.

Abstract

The pauropod family Eurypauropodidae Ryder, 1879 is recorded from Tibet, China for the first time. In this study, a new species Samarangopus zhongi sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Motuo County, southeastern Tibet of China. It is distinguished from other species in this genus by having one pair of spiniform appendages on the sternum of the last trunk segment, 28-34 marginal protuberances on tergite I, the distal quarter of bothriotricha T ₃ golf-club-shaped, and the leaf-shaped seta st on tergum of pygidium. In addition, Samarangopus canalis Scheller, 2009 is newly recorded from China.

Keywords: Eurypauropodidae; Motuo County; appendages; pauropod; taxonomy.

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