Ityphilus Cook, 1899

Pereira, Luis Alberto, 2010, First Record Of A Ballophilid Centipede From French Guiana With A Description Of Ityphilus Betschi Sp. Nov. (Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50 (42), pp. 643-665 : 644

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https://doi.org/ 10.1590/S0031-10492010004200001

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13307734

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Ityphilus Cook, 1899
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Genus Ityphilus Cook, 1899 View in CoL

Diagnosis: Antennae slightly to strongly clavate, moderately to conspicuously geniculate. Mid-piece of labrum membranous, without teeth or with minute hair-like structures. Forcipular coxosternite with incomplete to nearly complete chitin-lines; internal edge of forcipular tarsungulum smooth to conspicuously serrate or dentate. Ventral pore-fields of anterior region of the body single (subcircular to transversally elliptical), those of posterior region of the body single or divided into two areas. Coxopleura of the last leg-bearing segment each with two internal coxal organs of simple structure (“homogeneous coxal glands”, sensu Brölemann & Ribaut (1912)). Legs of the ultimate pair with seven articles, ultimate pretarsus setiform, basally tubercle-like and usually accompanied by a minute spine.

Type species of the genus: Ityphilus lilacinus Cook, 1899 , by original designation.

Remarks: All species currently assigned to the genus are listed in Minelli, 2006; Bonato et al. 2007.

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