Polycricus mauryi, Pereira, 2008

Pereira, Luis Alberto, 2016, Plateurytion roigi sp. nov., a new geophilid centipede (Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) from Southern Chile, Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 347-360 : 358

Plateurytion mauryi Pereira, 2008

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Plateurytion mauryi: Pereira, 2015: 510 , 535 (in key)

New material examined. ARGENTINA: Mendoza province: Las Heras department: Puente del Inca , 32º49´S, 69º55´W, ca . 2.933 m a.s.l., 28 December 1981, A. H. Roig-Alsina coll.: 1 ♀ with 65 leg-bearing segments, body length 40 mm (MACN-My 31). San Juan province: Calingasta department: Sierra del Tontal , 16.91 km E of Barreal, S 31.62592º W 69.27496º , 2627 m a.s.l., 4-6 November 2013, C. J. Grismado et al. coll.: 1 ♀ with 61 leg-bearing segments, body length 42 mm (MACN-My 32); Iglesia department: Paso Agua Negra, km 110, 3250 m a.s.l., 23 January 1982, A. H. Roig-Alsina coll.: 4 ♀♀ with 65 leg-bearing segments, body length 35, 40, 42, 43 mm, 1 ♀ with 63 leg-bearing segments, body length 35 mm (MACN-My 33); Angaco department: Sierra de Pie de Palo, Cerro Mogote Corralitos , ca . 3200 m a.s.l., 11-12 November 1980, E. A. Maury coll.: 3 ♀♀ with 61 leg-bearing segments, body length 34, 34, 42 mm (MACN-My 34).

Remarks. This high altitude species was currently known from the female holotype only, from Mendoza province; the three latter localities cited above represent the first records of this taxon from San Juan province.

Variation. Holotype female with 63 leg-baring segments, body length 30 mm (additional female from the same locality as the holotype, with 65 leg-bearing segments, body length 40 mm). According to the new material listed herein, females having either 61, 63 or 65 leg-bearing segments, and body length ranging from 30 to 43 mm in adult specimens. (Male, unknown).

Type locality. ARGENTINA: Mendoza province: Las Heras department: Puente del Inca , ca. 2.933 m a.s.l. (32º49´S, 69º55´W).

Known range. ARGENTINA: Mendoza province: Las Heras department . San Juan province: Calingasta department; Iglesia department; Angaco department.