Clinopodes C. L. Koch 1847
Creators: name: Bonato, Lucio
name: Iorio, Étienne
name: Minelli, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Clinopodes

description: KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CLINOPODES   
1. All or almost all openings of the coxal organs distinctly grouped into 2-4 clusters on each side, completely or almost completely covered by the metasternite (Fig. 1E).............. 2  
— Openings of the coxal organs scattered or only partially grouped close to the metasternite, and not covered by the latter (Fig. 1F)........................................................................ 6  
2. No coxal pores isolated from the clusters.................................................................... 3  
— One small pore on each coxopleuron, isolated from the clusters (Fig. 1E).................. 4  
 3. The largest sternal pore-fields on the posterior leg-bearing segments extending forward to reach or even extending beyond the mid-length of the metasternites (Fig. 1C)........................................................................................................................... C. escherichii   
 — The sternal pore-fields on the posterior leg-bearing segments limited to 1/3-2/5 of the length of the metasternites (Fig. 1D)............................................................ C. flavidus   
 4. The largest sternal pore-fields on the posterior leg-bearing segments extending forward to reach the mid-length of the metasternites (Fig. 1C)............................ C. intermedius   
— The sternal pore-fields on the posterior leg-bearing segments limited to 1/3 of the length of the metasternites (Fig. 1D)..................................................................................... 5  
 5. Anterior denticles of the forcipular coxosternite not very prominent, usually distinctly wider than long (Fig. 1A). Usually more than 65 leg-bearing segments............................................................................................................................ C. caucasicus n. comb.   
 — Anterior denticles of the forcipular coxosternite very prominent, usually only slightly wider than long or as wide as long (Fig. 1B). Usually less than 65 leg-bearing segments...................................................................................................... C. verhoeffi n. nom.   
6. Chitin-lines reaching the condyles of the forcipular coxosternite (Fig. 1B)................. 7  
— Chitin-lines not reaching the condyles of the forcipular coxosternite (Fig. 1A)........... 8  
 7. Anterior denticles of the forcipular coxosternite not very prominent, wider than long (Fig. 1A).................................................................................... C. latisternus n. comb.   
 — Anterior denticles of the forcipular coxosternite not very prominent, about as long as wide (Fig. 1B)................................................................................................... C. rodnaensis   
 8. The sternal pore-fields on the posterior leg-bearing segments limited to 1/3 of the length of the metasternites (Fig. 1D). No coxal pore distinctly isolated from the other pores..................................................................................................................... C. skopljensis   
— The largest sternal pore-fields on the posterior leg-bearing segments extending forward to reach or even extending beyond the mid-length of the metasternites (Fig. 1C). One coxal pore on each coxopleuron, isolated from all other pores (Fig. 1E, F)........................... 9  
 9. Isolated coxal pore larger and posterior to all other pores on each coxopleuron (Fig. 1F).............................................................................................................. C. carinthiacus   
 — Isolated coxal pore smaller and lateral to the other pores on each coxopleuron (Figs 1E; 3E)........................................................................................................ C. vesubiensis n. sp.
description: Published as part of Bonato, Lucio, Iorio, Étienne & Minelli, Alessandro, 2011, The centipede genus Clinopodes C. L. Koch, 1847 (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae): reassessment of species diversity and distribution, with a new species from the Maritime Alps (France), pp. 175-205 in Zoosystema 33 (2) on pages 196-197, DOI: 10.5252/z2011n2a3, http://zenodo.org/record/4546855