Ribautiella zagnanadina Brölemann, 1926

Camacho, Miguel Domínguez & Vandenspiegel, Didier, 2012, Scolopendrellidae (Myriapoda, Symphyla) from the Afrotropics with descriptions of seven new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 32, pp. 1-28 : 25-26

Ribautiella zagnanadina Brölemann, 1926

Fig. 11 A-C

Material examined

2 juveniles with 10 and 11 pairs of legs, CAMEROON, Kounden, 05º42’ N, 010º40’ E, Eucalyptus woodland, coll. Lejeune, Jul.-Aug. 1974; 3 adults, IVORY COAST, Banco, coll. Remy, 20 Apr. 1950 ( MRAC 7833).

Diagnosis

This species is characterised by the presence of many setae on the anterior part of the second tergite ( Fig. 11A ) and the cerci ( Fig. 11B ). Additional diagnostic features to distinguish this species from the other one studied here – Ribautiella schoutedeni – are the shape of the head, 1.2 times as long as wide ( Fig. 11A ), the moderate size of the penultimate tergite, 0.6 times as long as the last one, the straighter posterior margin of the last one ( Fig. 11B ), and the absence of striae on the terminal area of the cerci ( Fig. 11C ).

Figures

Fig. 11. — A-C. Ribautiella zagnanadina Brölemann, 1926. Museum material (MRAC 7832). — D-F. Ribautiella schoutedeni Hinschberger, 1954. Museum material (MRAC 6033). — A, D. Head and tergal areas 1-3 (TA1-TA3) (fide Domínguez Camacho 2009: 108, fig. 4). Arrows, fold in the first tergite – artefact. B, E. Penultimate (T22) and last (T23) tergites, and cerci (C). Arrows, diagonal end of cerci – basis of the terminal areas (ta). C, F. Detail of the terminal area of the cerci. Arrow, striae.