Hessebius longispinipes Ma, Pei & Zhu 2009

• Main Authors: Pei, Sujian, Ma, Huiqin, Zapparoli, Marzio, Zhu, Mingsheng
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Chilopoda; Lithobiomorpha; Lithobiidae; Hessebius; Hessebius longispinipes; taiga
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5632278; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5632278

2. Hessebius longispinipes Ma, Pei & Zhu, 2009 Ma, Pei & Zhu 2009: 195, figs 1–7. Diagnosis. Body length 10.7–12.6 mm, antennae composed of 17–19 articles, commonly 18 + 18; 6 ocelli on each side arranged in 2 horizontal rows; Tömösváry’s organ moderately large, rounded, almost equal to the adjoining ocelli; 2 + 2 moderately small sharp coxosternal teeth; porodont feebly slender, posterolateral to lateral tooth; all tergites without sharp posterior triangular projections; legs 14 and 15 thicker than anterior ones in female, still more in male; coxal pores 2–5, ovate to round, arranged in one row; female gonopods with 2 + 2 moderately thick, bullet–shaped spurs, second article with a long terminal thorn pointing backwards; apical claw simple, with two unconspicuous basal lateral denticles; male gonopods short and small, only a small hemispherical bulge, with 2 long setae on the surface, tip slightly sclerotised. Spinulation. Owing to a misprint, legs spinulation of H. longispinipes was not been included in the original description of this species (Ma et al. 2009). This data is reported here as in Tab. 2. C t P F T C t P F T 1–6 – – p amp am – – (a)p ap ap 7–8 – – p amp am – – ap ap ap 9–10 – – p amp am a – ap ap ap 11 – – p amp am a – amp ap ap 12–13 – – p amp am a – amp p p 14 – m amp am a a – amp p p 15 – m amp am – a – amp p – Distribution. Only known from the type locality: China, Barkor County, Hami City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 43 °06'N 93 °00'E (Ma et al. 2009). Ecological notes. The species was collected in taiga; it inhabits moderately moist and abundant in organic matter soil; under stones, at 3770 m above sea level. Remarks. In a paper on Mongolian centipedes, Loksa (1978) described the new species Schizotergitius styliferus, based on material from “Bajanchongor aimak [= province]: Cagen Bodg ul Gebirge, Quelle Toorin bulag, 13 km O vom Grenzposten Caganbulag im Cagan Bogd ul Gebirge, 1500 m ” (1 Ƥ, Holotypus) and “Gobi Altaj aimak [= province]: zwischen Schargyn Gobi und Beger nuur, ...