Schendylops Cook, 1899

Pereira, Luis A., Minelli, Alessandro & Uliana, Marco, 2004, The species of Schendylops Cook, 1899 (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Schendylidae) from Madagascar, Zoosystema 26 (4), pp. 727-752 : 728

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Schendylops Cook, 1899
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Genus Schendylops Cook, 1899 View in CoL View at ENA

DIAGNOSIS. — Pleurites of second maxillae not fused to the coxosternum. Apical claw of second maxillae pectinate on both d. and v. edges . Sterna with pore

fields. Last pair of legs with seven podomeres; praetar- sus in form of a small hirsute tubercle or replaced by a small spine or altogether absent. Coxopleura of the last leg-bearing segment each with two internal coxal organs of simple structure (“homogeneous coxal glands” sensu Brölemann & Ribaut 1912).

Schendylops insolitus ( Lawrence, 1960) ( Figs 1-4 View FIG View FIG View FIG View FIG )

Haploschendyla insolita Lawrence, 1960: 18 .

Schendylops insolita (sic) – Hoffman & Pereira 1997: 17.

Schendylops insolitus – Hoffman & Pereira 1997: 22.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Holotype Ƌ, reference “ Haploschendyla insolita ”, 75 p. l., body length 35 mm, from Madagascar: Moramanga , forêt à Niagarakely, XII.1955, R. F. Lawrence leg. ( MNHN coll. Myriapodes 127). Cephalic capsule and mouth parts in one original slide, trunk in alcohol. Lawrence stated in his original description: “ Holotype ♀ ”, but this is evidently a typographic error as his description is clearely based on a male specimen.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Madagascar: Moramanga, forêt à Niagarakely.

DISTRIBUTION. — Madagascar: Moramanga: Niagarakely.

DIAGNOSIS. — A Schendylops species with v. pore fields extending along the whole body length. Of the other Schendylops species in Madagascar, this trait is present only in S. mascarenicus ( Lawrence, 1960) and S. grandidieri ( De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897) . Characters in Table 5 and in the key differentiate Schendylops insolitus from these two species and from the other Madagascar congeners.

REDESCRIPTION

Male holotype. 75 p. l., body length 35 mm; maximum body width 1.0 mm. Colour of preserved specimen pale orange.

Antennae c. 2.0 times as long as the cephalic plate, distally slightly attenuate. Setae on a.a. I-VI of different length and few in number, those of remaining articles progressively shorter and more numerous towards the tip of the appendage ( Fig. 1A View FIG ). Terminal a.a. with c. 21 claviform sensory setae on external border, c. six on internal border ( Fig. 1B View FIG ). Distal end of this a.a. with c. seven very small specialised setae, apparently

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Chilopoda

Order

Geophilomorpha

Family

Schendylidae

Loc

Schendylops Cook, 1899

Pereira, Luis A., Minelli, Alessandro & Uliana, Marco 2004
2004
Loc

Schendylops insolita

HOFFMAN R. L. & PEREIRA L. A. 1997: 17
1997
Loc

Schendylops insolitus

HOFFMAN R. L. & PEREIRA L. A. 1997: 22
1997
Loc

Haploschendyla insolita

LAWRENCE R. F. 1960: 18
1960
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