Endogeophilus gen. nov.

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Figs 1–4; Table 1

Type species

Endogeophilus ichnusae gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Geophilids with body almost uniform in width, only slightly tapering at both ends; head slightly longer than wide; clypeus uniformly areolate, without clypeal areas; intermediate part of the labrum bearing a few tubercles; labral side-parts distinct from the clypeus, well separated from each other, their posterior margin with bristles; first maxillae with bi-articulated telopodites and two pairs of short lappets; second maxillary coxosternite with long isthmus, without inner processes, and lacking distinctly sclerotized ridges; second maxillary telopodites composed of three articles, bearing a simple, sub-conic claw; forcipular tergite sub-trapezoid, posteriorly about as wide as the subsequent tergite, the lateral margins distinctly converging anteriorly; forcipular coxosternite slightly wider than long, without anterior denticles, chitin-lines complete, coxopleural sutures complete and distinctly diverging anteriorly; forcipules stout and strongly tapering, with two distinct intermediate articles: forcipular tarsungula abruptly narrowing, relatively short and only weakly curved, with a single small basal denticle; carpophagus pits shallow; leg-bearing segments with a sub-ovoid/sub-triangular pore-field on the posterior half of each metasternite; leg claws bearing two slender accessory spines; ultimate legbearing segment with pleuropretergite entire, metasternite sub-trapezoid wider than long; coxal pores mainly opening along the ventro-internal, anterior and dorso-internal sides of the coxopleuron, with an additional isolated ventral pore; telopodites of the ultimate leg pair composed of six articles, slightly swollen in the male in comparison with the female, bearing a claw; bi-articulated gonopods in the male, short gonopodal lamina in the female; a pair of anal pores.

Differential characters with respect to the most similar genera are given in Table 1.

Etymology

Composed of the prefix “endo-”, from the classic Greek ενδον (inside), and the genus name Geophilus, which is from the classic Greek prefix γεω- (earth) and φιλέω (to love), referring to the endogeic habitat. The gender of the genus name is masculine.