Desectophis
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.2 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:75DB8E6B-670A-4B3B-95F7-27A9B2EBBDF2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3509187 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8C55878D-9B61-FFD4-FF6B-FA12FA3FF816 |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Desectophis |
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Key to the world species of Desectophis View in CoL based on adult females
1. All dorsal idiosomal setae aciculate...................................................................... 2
- At least half of dorsal idiosomal setae distally expanded...................................................... 3
2. Podonotal and opisthonotal shields with 22 and 19 pairs of setae respectively; with four pairs of J setae (J 2 absent); J and Z setae not reaching bases of subsequent setae.......................... Desectophis magnosimilis Karg, 2003 View in CoL a, Ecuador
- Podonotal and opisthonotal shields with 19 and 17 pairs of setae respectively; with five pairs of J setae; J and Z setae reaching bases of subsequent setae............................. Desectophis flagellatus Karg & Schorlemmer, 2011 View in CoL b, Ecuador
3. Distally expanded setae of dorsal idiosoma smooth; podonotal shield with 19 pairs of setae; with four pairs of J setae (J 2 absent).......................................................... Desectophis eulateris (Karg, 1998) View in CoL , Ecuador
- Distally expanded setae of dorsal idiosoma slightly pilose; podonotal shield with 22 pairs of setae; with five pairs of J setae... 4
4. Setae z 1 and z 2 distally expanded; opisthonotal shield with 20 pairs of setae (UR absent); ventri-anal shield ornamented with subparallel, undulate and transverse lines................................. Desectophis pulcher Karg, 2003 View in CoL a, Ecuador
- Setae z 1 and z 2 aciculate; opisthonotal shield with 21 pairs of setae (including UR 3; UR 5 next to line of fusion between ventrianal and opisthonotal shields, visible ventrally on mounted specimens); ventri-anal shield with numerous tiny shallow pits in the two posterior thirds of the shield, smooth elsewhere................... Desectophis anthuriumsetis View in CoL n. sp., Colombia
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