Anopsobius

• Main Author: Edgecombe, Gregory D.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2003
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Chilopoda; Lithobiomorpha; Henicopidae; Anopsobius; Argentina; Chiloé; New Zealand; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6276910; https://zenodo.org/record/6276910

Key to species of Anopsobius 1 a. Spiracle present on first pedigerous segment.................................................................. .................................................................... macfaydeni Eason, 1993 [Falkland Islands] 1 b. Spiracle lacking on first pedigerous segment................................................................ 2 2 a. Leg 14 and 15 prefemur bearing a ventrodistal spur.................................................... 3 2 b. Leg 14 and 15 prefemur lacking a ventrodistal spur..................................................... 6 3 a. Leg 15 trochanter lacking ventrodistal spur........................................................................................................................................... productus Silvestri, 1899 [Chile: Temuco] 3 a. Leg 15 trochanter with ventrodistal spur....................................................................... 4 4 a. Coxal pores 2,2 on legs 14 and 15 of males.................................................................. 5 4 b. Coxal pores 1,1 on legs 14 and 15 of males................................................................... ....... patagonicus Silvestri, 1909 [Argentina: Santa Cruz; South Africa: Western Cape] 5 a. Dental margin of maxillipede with up to 8 + 8 teeth; maxillipede pleurite collar with weak median suture; leg 15 basitarsus 6­7 times longer than maximal width............... .......... neozelanicus Silvestri, 1909 [New Zealand, Auckland Islands, Chatham Island] 5 b. Dental margin of maxillipede usually with 5 + 5 teeth (maximum 6 + 6); maxillipede pleurite collar with subtrapezoidal median sclerite; leg 15 basitarsus 3.5­ 4 times longer than maximal width ....................... wrighti n. sp. [Australia: New South Wales] 6 a. Dental margin of maxillipede with 6 + 6 teeth and narrow, deep median notch; porodont between two outer teeth.............................. diversus Chamberlin, 1962 [Chile: Chiloé] 6 b. Dental margin of maxillipede with 5 + 5 teeth and broadly V­shaped median notch; porodont distal to outer tooth............................... actius Chamberlin, 1962 [Chile: Chiloé] : Published as part of Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2003, A new species of the Gondwanan centipede Anopsobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New South Wales, Australia, pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 204 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156359 : {"references": ["Eason, E. H. (1993) A new species of Anopsobius from the Falkland Islands, with commentary on the geographical distribution of the genus (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). Myriapodologica, 2, 83 - 89.", "Silvestri, F. (1899) Contribucion al estudio de los quilopodos chilenos. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 3, 141 - 152.", "Chamberlin, R. V. (1962) Chilopods secured by the Royal Society Expedition to southern Chile in 1958 - 59. University of Utah Biological Series, 12, 1 - 23."]}