Buziniphilus, Edgecombe & Minelli & Bonato, 2009

Edgecombe, Gregory D., Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2009, A geophilomorph centipede (Chilopoda) from La Buzinie amber (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian), SW France, Geodiversitas 31 (1), pp. 29-39 : 31

Genus Buziniphilus n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Buziniphilus antiquus n. sp.

ETYMOLOGY. — For the type locality, La Buzinie, compounded with the usual geophilomorph suffix - philus.

DIAGNOSIS. — Cephalic plate slightly longer than wide. Antennae filiform, maintaining even width along entire length. Apical claw of second maxillae well developed, non-pectinate. Forcipular tergum narrower than tergum of first pedigerous segment. Forcipular coxopleural sutures evidently convergent backwards for most of their length. Forcipulae without teeth. Sternal pores absent along entire trunk. Sternum of last pedigerous segment wider than long. Last leg slightly shorter than those on preceding segments, the telopodite composed of six podomeres, without praetarsal claw.

REMARKS

In comparison to the most similar geophilomorph genera (for the criteria for selection among the extant genera, see under Discussion), Buziniphilus n. gen. differs from both Geophilus Leach, 1814 , and Schendyla BergsØe & Meinert, 1866 , in the legs of the last pair (shorter than those of preceding segments in Buziniphilus n. gen. vs. as long as or longer in both Schendyla and Geophilus ) and in the coxal pores (apparently no pores in Buziniphilus n. gen., vs. at least two large pores on each coxopleuron in Schendyla and in Geophilus ), from Geophilus also in the claw of the legs of the last pair (absent in Buziniphilus n. gen., vs. well developed in Geophilus ); from Haploschendyla Verhoeff, 1900 , and Hapleurytion Verhoeff, 1940, in the sternal pores (apparently absent in Buziniphilus n. gen., vs. present and arranged in evident pore fields in both Haploschendyla and Hapleurytion), from Hapleurytion also in the shape of the forcipular coxopleural sutures (convergent backwards for most of their length in Buziniphilus n. gen., vs. parallel for most of their length in Hapleurytion) and in the claw of the legs of the last pair (absent in Buziniphilus n. gen., vs. well developed in Hapleurytion).