Tidops balzanii (Silvestri, 1895)

Chagas-Junior, Amazonas, 2011, A review of the centipede genus Tidops Chamberlin (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae, Newportiinae), International Journal of Myriapodology 5, pp. 63-82 : 66

Tidops balzanii (Silvestri, 1895) Figures 1-4

Newportia balzanii Silvestri, 1895a: 767. Silvestri, 1895b: 2. Kraepelin, 1903: 92. Attems, 1930: 277. Bücherl, 1941a: 337.

Tidops balzanii Schileyko & Minelli, 1999: 293. Schileyko, 2002: 499.

Material examined.

(BMNH) 1 specimen, Guyana-Brazil: 19-VII-1937, H. E. Hinton; (IBSP 1546) 1 specimen, BRAZIL: Tocantins, Palmas, UHE. Luis Eduardo Magalhães, Margem direita TO-10, Km1.5, 03-IX-2001, I. Knysak, R. Martins & G. Puorto; (IBSP 1559) 1 specimen, Tocantins, Palmas, UHE. Luis Eduardo Magalhães, 30-XI-2000, I. Knysak, R. Martins & G. Puorto; (IBSP 2783) 2 specimens, Tocantins, Porto Nacional, I. Knysak, R. Martins & G. Puorto; (IBSP 751) 1 specimen, Goiás, Aragarças, 18-III-1953, H. Sick; (MNRJ 15303) 10 specimens, Goiás, Jandaia, Fazenda Sr. João Batista Ferreira, 04-VI-2007, A. Chagas, A. Giupponi, A. Kury & A. Pérez; (MNRJ 15356) 3 specimens, Goiás, Paraúna, 30-XII-2006, Chagas-Jr, A., Segal, B. & Chagas, C. S.; (IBSP 710) 1 specimen, São Paulo, Pirassununga, 10-VI-1952, O. Schubart; (IBSP 704) 1 specimen, São Paulo, Pirassununga (Baguassu), 10-VI-1952, O. Schubart; (IBSP 93) 1 specimen, São Paulo, Corumbataí, 02-X-1933, S. Burian; (IBSP 180) 1 specimen, São Paulo, Amparo, 10-VI-1944, A. das Neves; (NMNH) 2 specimens, Rio Grande do Sul, Jaguarão, 28-I-1963, C. S. Carbonell leg.; (NMNH) 3 specimens, BOLIVIA: Huachi, W. M. Mann; (ZMH) 1 specimen, PARAGUAY, Puerto Max, Paraguay river, 9-III-1905.

Diagnosis.

Prefemur of the ultimate pair of legs with three ventral spinous processes (Figure 1); femur and tibia each without ventral spinous process (Figure 2); femur and tibia each with a small cylindric process at ventral corner of distal end and tarsus 1 clavate (Figure 3). Tarsus 2 with 11 or 12 “pseudoarticles”. Tibia longer than or equal to femur. Tooth plates short, dentiform wider than long (Figure 4). Coxopleural process medium to short.

Remarks.

The legs of Tidops balzanii are hirsute; articles of the ultimate legs are usually shorter than in the other three species of the genus.

A specimen at the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany is labeled as "Type Mus. Turin, Argentina: Rio Apa, (C-VI-1903)" and was identified as Newportia balzanii . I am not sure if this specimen corresponds to the holotype of Newportia balzanii .

Type locality. Rio Apa, Paraguay.

Distribution.

Brazil (Tocantins, Goiás, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul), Bolivia (new record) and Paraguay.