Schendylops Cook, 1899

Nunes, Gabrielle Abreu, Chagas-Jr, Amazonas & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2019, A new centipede Schendylops Cook from eastern Brazil: the first troglobitic geophilomorph for South America (Geophilomorpha, Schendylidae), Zootaxa 4691 (4), pp. 386-400 : 389

Genus Schendylops Cook, 1899

Type species: Scolopendra grandidieri Saussure & Zehntner,1902

Other taxa included: 68 species ( Bonato et al. 2016)

Diagnosis. Pleurites of second maxillae not fused with coxosternum ( Figure 5C ). Apical claw of second maxillae pectinate on both dorsal and ventral edges. Sterna with pore fields ( Figure 7 A–E). Last pair of legs with seven podomeres ( Figure 7 A–E). Praetarsus in form of a small pilose tubercle or replaced by a small spine or altogether absent. Coxopleura of the ultimate leg-bearing segment each with two internal coxal organs of simple structure (“homogeneous coxal glands” sensu Brölemann & Ribaut 1912) ( Figure 7 A–E).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Schendylops janelao sp. n. A, Forcipula, general view (ventral view), LES 10572; B, Forcipula, general view (dorsal view), LES 10574; C, Second maxillae (dorsal view), LES 10574; D, Terminal podomere with the internal venom gland represented (dorsal view), LES 10574.

FIGURE 7. Schendylops janelao sp. n. legs. A, Antepenultimum leg, LES 10574; B, Leg III, LES 10574; C, Ultimate pair of legs-bearing (ventral view), LES 10574 (Photo: L.B.R. Fernandes); D, Ultimate pair of legs-bearing (ventral view), LES 10574; E, Ultimate pair of legs-bearing (dorsal view), LES 10572, total length of ultimate legs: 1.6mm.