Pectiniuguis roigi Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2001

Pereira, Luis Alberto, 2018, A new high-altitude species of centipede from the Andes of Ecuador (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Schendylidae), Zootaxa 4374 (3), pp. 409-426 : 423

Pectiniuguis roigi Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2001

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Pectiniunguis roigi Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2001: 144 . Pereira, Ituarte & Tassara, 2004: 6. Pereira, 2010: 299 (in table), 319. Pereira, 2011: 308.

New material examined. Ecuador: Napo province: Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras, Road Tena-Loreto, S 00° 44´00.00´´, W 77° 35´28.7´´ 1105 m (+/- 12 m) on leaf litter, 27 November 2009, Colls: M. Ramírez, C. Grismado, M. Izquierdo & F. Labarque (PBI expedition), on leaf litter: 2 males (adult) (MACN-My 52).

Variation. Holotype male with 57 leg-bearing segments. Body length 30.5 mm. Additional male specimens with 53 leg-bearing segments. Body length 18 and 20 mm. Other morphological traits in the specimens without significant differences with the holotype.

Remarks. Specimens listed above with tubula seminifera full of mature spermatozoa. This species is known only from the male holotype from Limoncocha. “ Napo ” as mentioned in the type locality ( Pereira et al. 2001), refers to the Napo River (Limoncocha being located in the Sucumbíos Province).

Distribution. Ecuador: Sucumbíos Province: Napo River, Limoncocha. Napo Province: Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras.

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FIGURE 70. Distribution records of Pectiniunguis aequatorialis sp. nov. and Pectiniunguis roigi Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2001.