Pedetontus (Verhoeffilis) meridionalis Mendes, 1981

Song, Zhi-Shun, Mendes, Luis F. & Huang, Fu-Sheng, 2012, A Review Of Microcoryphia Fauna From Vietnam, With New Subgenus, New Species Of Machilontus Silvestri (Machiloidea: Meinertellidae), And New Data For Sexual Dimorphism In The Order, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2), pp. 313-327 : 314-315

Pedetontus (Verhoeffilis) meridionalis Mendes, 1981

Pedetontus meridionalis Mendes, 1981: 23

Pedetontus (Verhoeffilis) meridionalis Mendes : Mendes, 1990: 78

Type material examined. — Holotype. male, Vietnam: Indochina ,

Type material examined. — Holotype. male, Vietnam: Indochina, Kontum, coll. Dawidoff, 1933 (L.M.) . Allotype. female, same data as holotype (L.M.) . Paratypes. 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype ; 2 males, 3 females, Vietnam: Caûda, Sud-Annam, coll. Dawidoff, Oct–Jan. ; 1 male, 1 female (junior), Vietnam: Chütt, coll. Dawidoff, 11 Oct.[19]33, (L.M.) .

Remarks. — The species can be separated from P. (V.) bouvieri by the much shorter ovipositor (extended beyond terminal spines of stylets IX by about 1.5 times in bouvieri ); the distinct stylets/coxites ratios and a very different distribution of the spines along the coxites IX.

Distribution. — Central Vietnam (Kon Tum)