Stenotaenia fimbriata, (VERHOEFF, 1934)

Bonato, Lucio & Minelli, Alessandro, 2008, Stenotaenia Koch, 1847: a hitherto unrecognized lineage of western Palaearctic centipedes with unusual diversity in body size and segment number (Chilopoda: Geophilidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153 (2), pp. 253-286 : 264

STENOTAENIA FIMBRIATA (VERHOEFF, 1934)

Geophilus (Onychopodogaster) fimbriatus Verhoeff, 1934a: 11 (original description), figs 18–19. Clinopodes fimbriatus: Attems, 1947: 120 (in key).

Type locality: ‘bei Jerusalem [...] (Kirjat Anawim)’ = Qiryat Anavim, near Jerusalem ( Israel) .

Type material: Two syntypes, of both sexes, 18–19-mm long; one syntype is held in the Museum für Naturkunde , Berlin, ZMB /Myr-13456 ( Moritz & Fischer, 1979), and one syntype is held at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München , ZSM /Myr- A20030337 ( J. Spelda, pers. comm.) .

Diagnosis: A Stenotaenia species of small body size (total length reaching 2 cm); c. 47–49 leg-bearing segments; labrum without tubercles; first maxillae without distinct lappets on the coxosternum, and with small lappets on the telopodites; forcipular intermediate articles distinct; sternal pore areas in the anterior part of the trunk round, and placed on the posterior half of each sternum; each coxopleuron with one anterior pouch with pores, and one posterior couple of pores (see also Table 3).

Taxonomic history: After the original description by Verhoeff (1934a) no other specimens have been recorded. The species was moved to Clinopodes by Attems (1947), but its identity and status were never discussed further.

Assignment to Stenotaenia: It is assigned confidently to Stenotaenia (comb. nov.), as the original description documents a combination of characters that are diagnostic of this genus (Table 2). Verhoeff (1934a), in describing G. fimbriatus , assigned it to the subgenus Onychopodogaster and compared it with a juvenile stage of G. linearis , the type species of Stenotaenia .

Validity: It is recognized here as a distinct species only based on the published original description and illustrations. Potentially discriminating traits are the pattern of the sternal pore areas and the number of the trunk segments ( Table 3).

Distribution: Only known from two close localities in Palestine ( Fig. 2 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Geographical distribution of Stenotaenia species. The previously published and new records have been plotted upon a grid of 30′ latitude ¥ 30′ longitude. The type localities of all nominal taxa are indicated by circles (full circles for valid species, empty circles for synonyms), with the following abbreviations: ab, abbreviatus; ac, acuneli; al, albanensis; an, antecribellatus; as, asiaeminoris; bo, bosporanus; br, brevicornis; c, caldarium; cr, cribelliger; fi, fimbriatus; ff, forficularius; fv, foveolatus; fr, frenum; gi, giljarovi; gr, graecus; li, linearis; na, naxius; or, ormanyensis; pl, palaestinus; po, polyporus; pp, palpiger; rh, rhodopensis; ro, romanus; sl, silvestrii; sm, simplex; so, sorrentinus; st, sturanyi.