cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Geophilus nesiotes Attems 1903
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Geophilus
Geophilus nesiotes

description: Geophilus cf. nesiotes Attems, 1903
Published records: none.
New records: “Segev Forest” (1 specimen, no date recorded).
Distribution in Israel: a single record from the Lower Galilee (Figure 4 A).
Global distribution: G. nesiotes was described from Crete, but its actual distribution is very uncertain.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. The specimen examined belongs to a distinct lineage in the broad genus Geophilus Leach, 1814 that is distinguished by a combination of characters including the peculiar modification of the claws of the second maxillae into a stout tubercle abruptly tapering into a tip. Among the many species described in this group, the specimen collected in Israel most closely resembles G. nesiotes, mainly in the number of trunk segments and the pattern of coxal pores. G. nesiotes was described from Crete (Attems 1903 1929) but its distinction from the mainland European species G. insculptus Attems, 1895 (currently G. alpinus Meinert, 1870) has been questioned (Minelli 1978; Zapparoli 2002).
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Scaphoxium undefined-1
Creators: name: Löbl, Ivan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Scaphoxium
Scaphoxium undefined-1

description: Key to the Bornean species of Scaphoxium spp.
1 Body length 1.65-1.80 mm ..................................................................................................2
- Body length 1.35-1.50 mm ..................................................................................................3
2 Antennomere XI much longer than antennomere X and about 4 times as long as wide. Mesocoxal process of mesoventrite notched ........................................... S. opertum nov.sp.
- Antennomere XI slightly longer than antennomere X and nearly 3 tiems as long as wide. Mesocoxal process of mesoventrite notched .................................... Scaphoxium sp.
3 Mesoventrite and metaventrite not microsculptured. Ventrites II to V with punctulate microsculpture. Internal sac with small central sclerite between elongate admesal sclerites ......................................................................................................... S. taylori LÖBL
- Mesoventrite, metaventrite and abdomen with strigulate microsculpture. Internal sac with two admesal teeth-like sclerites, lacking central sclerite .................. S. opacum nov.sp.
description: Published as part of Löbl, Ivan, 2021, On the Bornean species of Scaphoxium LÖBL, 1979 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), pp. 85-89 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1) on page 88, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5643309
Systellopini Von Dalla Torre 1912
Creators: name: Hutchinson, Paul M.
name: Allsopp, Peter G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae

description: Tribe Systellopini
Revised diagnosis (Figs. 1–6, 8–9, 12–24). Modified from Allsopp (1990). Male. Form normal, not unusually depressed; surface of body and legs dull coloured, not metallic. Labrum large, extended in front of clypeus and in same general plane, either clearly differentiated by a complete suture dorsally or suture only evident on lateral declivity. Clypeus without a fringe of erect, stout-pointed spines along anterior margin, lateral edges usually deeply emarginate before ocular canthus. Antennal club with 3, 5, 6 or 7 lamellae. Pronotum with defined lateral margins and edges. Mesosternum and metasternum without a trace of a median process. Anterior leg with coxae projecting to a distance not greater than width of coxal cavity; tibiae each with 1 or 2 teeth on outer edge in addition to apical tooth. Metacoxae inflated, usually without defined lateral margins; metafemora inflated; metatibia very short and stout, ratio length:width 0.9–2.2:1, complete transverse, setose ridge on middle of outer side, 2 distal spurs, 1 above and 1 below articulation of tarsus. All claws simple and equal. Abdomen without longitudinal ridge along each side. Parameres long and slender, simple and symmetrical.
The tribe contains Chilodiplus Sharp, 1877 (4 species), Enamillus Sharp, 1877 (8 species), Prochelyna Erichson, 1847 (3 species), Sarothromerus Blackburn, 1907 (3 species), Sphyrocallus Sharp, 1877 (3 species), and Systellopus Sharp, 1877 (1 species) (Allsopp 1990, 1993; Weir et al. 2019), and Liomenochilus Hutchinson & Allsopp new genus (1 species). A further species, Metascelis flexilis Westwood, 1842, was included in the Systellopini (Dalla Torre 1912), but the only known specimen is from the India-Nepal border and is not a systellopine (Allsopp 1990).
description: Published as part of Hutchinson, Paul M. & Allsopp, Peter G., 2022, Liomenochilus ongi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Systellopini), a new genus and new species from northern Western Australia, pp. 119-128 in Zootaxa 5100 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6127852
Polyplectropus admin Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1993
Creators: name: Kaur, Simarjit
name: Garima, Deepti
name: Pandher, Manpreet Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Polycentropodidae
Polyplectropus
Polyplectropus admin

description: Polyplectropus admin Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1993, NEW RECORD for India
(Figs. 20–25)
Polyplectropus admin Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1993, 452
Material examined. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Diglipur, Lamiya Bay, 13 ° 12’15.9” N, 93 ° 01’29.0” E, 9.viii.2019, Dubey (ZSIANRC), 1 male; Kalpong, 13 ° 14’12.7” N, 92 ° 58’21.4” E, 8.viii.2019, Dubey (ZSIANRC), 2 males, 1 female.
Diagnosis. This species has very peculiar male genitalia. Tergite VIII is very large (produced distally to cover all of the flat IX segment as well as the preanal appendages in both dorsal and lateral views. Sternite IX is flat, somewhat dorsoventrally compressed. In the original description (Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1993) there appears to be one pair of dorsobasal processes of the preanal appendages, but one pair of small membranous process also emerge from the bases of the preanal appendages (which were illustrated by Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1993; Taf. 9). Inferior appendages are also very characteristic, being narrow but with a depression just before the apical end and in ventral view very broad with an inward-directed subdistal tooth.
Remarks. The occurrence of this species in India was suspected by Malicky 2010 in ‘ Atlas of Southeast Asian Trichoptera’ but without any confirmation. So the collection of this species from Andaman and Nicobar Islands confirms his suspicion and also strengthens the evolutionary theory that these Islands were once part of the mainland (now part of the Sundaland Biodiversity hotspot).
Distribution. Thailand, India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands).
description: Published as part of Kaur, Simarjit, Garima, Deepti & Pandher, Manpreet Singh, 2020, New Species and New Records of Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from India, pp. 350-360 in Zootaxa 4747 (2) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/3694852
Liomenochilus Hutchinson & Allsopp 2022, new genus
Creators: name: Hutchinson, Paul M.
name: Allsopp, Peter G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Liomenochilus

description: Liomenochilus Hutchinson & Allsopp, new genus
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Type species. Liomenochilus ongi Hutchinson & Allsopp, new species.
Generic diagnosis (Figs. 1–6, 8–9). Male. Small (11.5–11.6 mm long), elongate body, length:width ratio 2.25:1. Labrum with anterior margin reflexed, medium length, length:width ratio male 0.34:1. Labro-clypeal suture effaced dorsally, present only at lateral declivity (Figs. 4–5). Lateral margins of clypeus not constricted at the base and sinuate near each canthus. Antennae with 8 antennomeres, club with 3 long lamellae (Figs. 1–5), faces of all lamellae glabrous. Disc of pronotum glabrous. Metafemora dilated, length:width ratio 1.65:1. Posterior portion of epipleurae spinose.
Female unknown.
Differentiation. The following combination of characters distinguishes Liomenochilus from other genera within the Systellopini: elongate body, length:width ratio 2.25:1; labro-clypeal suture effaced dorsally; antennae with 8 antennomeres, club 3-lamellate, glabrous; pronotum with posterior margin evenly convex and continuous to midlength rendering posterolateral angles obsolete.
The key to tribes presented by Britton (1990) allows Liomenochilus to key out to Systellopini. The key to tribes of Weir et al. (2019) requires a change at couplet 6 (sensu couplet 5 of Britton 1990) to reflect the labro-clypeal suture effaced dorsally and present only at the lateral declivity.
Etymology. The name refers to the labro-clypeal suture being effaced dorsally and is derived from the Greek λιωμένο, fused, and χείλος, lip. It is to be treated as masculine.
description: Published as part of Hutchinson, Paul M. & Allsopp, Peter G., 2022, Liomenochilus ongi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Systellopini), a new genus and new species from northern Western Australia, pp. 119-128 in Zootaxa 5100 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6127852
Simpsonichthys de Carvalho
Creators: name: Wilson J. E. M. Costa
name: Gilberto C. Brasil
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cyprinodontiformes
Rivulidae
Simpsonichthys

description: [[Simpsonichthys de Carvalho]]
Simpsonichthys de Carvalho is the most diversified genus of seasonal aplocheiloid killifishes, comprising 44 valid species (Costa, 2005, 2006). Species of Simpsonichthys occur over a vast neotropical area, including the Amazonas, Paraná-Paraguay, and São Francisco river basins of northeastern, central, and eastern South America, and in several other smaller coastal rivers basins (Costa, 2006). The greatest diversification is concentrated in the rio São Francisco basin, with 19 endemic species (Costa, 2005, 2006). Six species (S. trilineatus (Costa & Brasil, 1994); S. auratus Costa & Nielsen, 2000; S. similis Costa & Hellner, 1999; S. alternatus (Costa & Brasil, 1994); S. delucai Costa, 2003; and S. zonatus (Costa & Brasil, 1990)) are endemic to the rio Paracatu and rio Urucuia drainages, two adjacent drainages constituting the southwestern portion of the rio São Francisco basin. Among them, four species form two well corroborated clades (S. trilineatus and S. auratus, and S. alternatus and S. delucai), with all four hypothesized to be more closely related to species of Simpsonichthys endemic to the rio Tocantins basin than to congeners occurring in other parts of the rio São Francisco basin (Costa, 1996, 2003, 2006). Three new species belonging to these clades were collected by the second author in the middle rio Paracatu drainage, and are herein described.
description: Published as part of Wilson J. E. M. Costa & Gilberto C. Brasil, 2006, Three new species of the seasonal killifish genus Simpsonichthys, subgenus Hypsolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the rio Paracatu drainage, rio São Francisco basin, Brazil., pp. 41-55 in Zootaxa 1244 on page 42
Oecetis asmada Malicky 1979
Creators: name: Kaur, Simarjit
name: Garima, Deepti
name: Pandher, Manpreet Singh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Leptoceridae
Oecetis
Oecetis asmada

description: Oecetis asmada Malicky 1979, NEW RECORD for North Andaman Island
Oecetis asmada Malicky 1979, 102
Material examined. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Diglipur, Kalpong, 13 ° 14’12.7” N, 92 ° 58’21.4” E, 8.viii.2019, Dubey (ZSIANRC), 1 male.
Diagnosis. As pointed out by Malicky (2010), this species is very similar to Oecetis iphitos Malicky 2005 and Oecetis philoktetes Malicky 2005 as all of these species belong to the Oecetis testacea Group and have a very similar color pattern on the forewings. However, Oecetis asmada has the dorsal branch of each inferior appendage very broad in lateral view, whereas in Oecetis iphitos each inferior appendage has the dorsal branch in the form of an equilateral triangle and Oecetis philoktetes has each inferior appendage with three tooth-like structures: one ventral, one dorsal, and one median tooth; from each of these teeth arises a very fine long appendage which is bent dorsad in lateral view.
Distribution. India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).
description: Published as part of Kaur, Simarjit, Garima, Deepti & Pandher, Manpreet Singh, 2020, New Species and New Records of Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from India, pp. 350-360 in Zootaxa 4747 (2) on pages 356-359, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/3694852
Stenotaenia fimbriata Verhoeff 1934
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Stenotaenia
Stenotaenia fimbriata

description: Stenotaenia fimbriata (Verhoeff, 1934)
Published records: “Kirjat Anawim” [Qiryat Anavim] (Verhoeff 1934).
New records: none.
Distribution in Israel: the species is known only from a single locality in the Jerusalem mountains (Figure 4 A).
Global distribution: the species is known only from Israel.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. S. fimbriata has been recognised provisionally as a distinct species after a recent revision of the entire genus Stenotaenia Koch, 1847 (Bonato & Minelli 2008).
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Caenomastax Hebard 1923
Creators: name: Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
name: Garay, Andrea
name: Castañeda, Didier
name: Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel
name: García, Alexander García
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Gryllidae
Caenomastax

description: Caenomastax Hebard, 1923
Diagnosis. Antennae with thirteen segments in both sexes and devoid of antennal organ; micropterous or brachypterous males. Hind femora with a red cross-band in mid-length. Latero-posterior angles of the first abdominal tergites spiniform and projecting backwards in females. Male cerci straight o conical, unspecialized. Phallic complex: epiphallus and ectophallus well sclerotized, epiphallic disc with flared lateral margins and sclerotized dorsal disc.
Type species: Caenomastax insignis Hebard, 1923.
description: Published as part of Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Garay, Andrea, Castañeda, Didier, Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel & García, Alexander García, 2016, Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Caenomastax Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Eumastacinae), pp. 241-264 in Zootaxa 4117 (2) on page 251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/265207
Stenotaenia naxia Verhoeff 1901
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Stenotaenia
Stenotaenia naxia

description: Stenotaenia naxia (Verhoeff, 1901)
Published records: “Chuldah” [Hulda], “El Muraw” [possibly near Jericho?], “Ramleh”, “Rehobot” [Rehovot], “See Genezareth” [Sea of Galilee] (Verhoeff 1925, sub Geophilus linearis naxius); ”ha-Masreq” [HaMasreq reserve] (Zapparoli 1995).
New records: none.
Distribution in Israel: most records are from the southern Judean Plains, and one from near the Sea of Galilee. Average annual temperatures are 18–22˚C and annual precipitations are 450–650 mm (Figure 3 D). The El Muraw site is not included in the presumptive distribution, due to its uncertain position.
Global distribution: the species inhabits the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, from the Aegean islands to Israel.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. S. naxia has been confirmed as a distinct species after a recent revision of the genus Stenotaenia (Bonato & Minelli 2008). Despite the fact that we could not examine representatives of S. naxia from Israel, published records are accepted as reliable according to the number of legs reported.
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Caenomastax
Creators: name: Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
name: Garay, Andrea
name: Castañeda, Didier
name: Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel
name: García, Alexander García
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Gryllidae
Caenomastax

description: Key to species of the genus Caenomastax
1. Pronotum with pronounced hind margin (Figs. 53, 56, 78, 80), stout females (Figs. 77-84) and micropterous males........ 2
- Pronotum with truncated hind margin, slender females both sexes brachypterous (Figs. 59, 62, 82, 84).................. 3
2. Females: posterior projection of pronotal disc getting to half the tegmina length and with rounded tip (Fig. 80). Tegmina 3- lobed (Fig. 85). Medial projection of subgenital plate prominent and longer than lateral projections (Fig. 87). Males: abdominal sternites black and tomentose, lophi of epiphallus curving slightly towards the latero-external margin (Fig. 67)..................................................................................................... C. insignis
- Females: Hind projection of pronotal disc going slightly over half the tegmina length, obtuse tip (Fig. 80). Tegmina 2-lobed (Fig. 88). Medial projection of subgenital plate located in a deep emargination and as long and lateral projections (Fig. 90). Males: abdominal sternites yellowish and glabrous, lophi of epiphalls curving outwards (Fig. 68, 70)........ C. similis n. sp.
3. Tegmina metallic green in color, thorax and abdomen coloration brown. Pronotal disc in the females with a spot to each side of the prozona (Fig. 82). Lateral lobes of epiphallic plate emarginated, slender and curved, anterior margin of epiphallic plate emarginated with medial region of similar width than the epiphallic disc; lateral lobe of epiphallus with anterior margin elongate and the posterior margin slightly projected (Fig. 71)...................................... C. bimaculata n. sp.
- Tegmina coloration blue, general coloration of thorax and abdomen yellow and blue (Fig. 62, 83, 84). Lateral lobes of epiphallic plate shoulder blade-shaped; anterior margin of epiphallic plate slightly emarginated. Length of medial region of epiphallic disc wavy, lateral lobe of epiphallus with anterior and posterior margin similar-sized (Fig. 74, 76)........................................................................................................ C. magdalenensis n. sp.
description: Published as part of Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Garay, Andrea, Castañeda, Didier, Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel & García, Alexander García, 2016, Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Caenomastax Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Eumastacinae), pp. 241-264 in Zootaxa 4117 (2) on page 251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/265207
Stenotaenia palaestina Verhoeff 1925
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Stenotaenia
Stenotaenia palaestina

description: Stenotaenia palaestina (Verhoeff, 1925)
Published records: “Chuldah bei Jaffa” [Hulda, near Jaffa] (Verhoeff 1925); “Jerusalem”, “Nes Harim” (Bonato & Minelli 2008).
New records: Arad (1 specimen 1963); Hermon, Emek Bol’an (1 specimen 2012); Kalanit (1 specimen 2011). Distribution in Israel: the few localities are mainly in mountainous areas, with average annual temperatures between 16–20˚C and annual precipitations between 550–1250 (Figure 3 E). The exception is a specimen from Arad, which is from a mountainous desert region. We did not include this site in the presumptive distribution. Global distribution: the species is known only from Israel.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. S. palaestina has been recognised provisionally as a distinct species after a revision of the entire genus Stenotaenia (Bonato & Minelli 2008). The specimens examined by us are assigned to this species according to their number of legs.
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on pages 238-239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Himantariidae
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Himantariidae

description: Himantariidae
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Salina beta Christiansen and Bellinger 1980
Creators: name: Soto-Adames, Felipe N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Paronellidae
Salina
Salina beta

description: Salina beta Christiansen and Bellinger, 1980
Salina beta Christiansen & Bellinger 1980: 1103, 1104, 1106, Fig. 819 (California, USA), original description and key. Yoshii 1983: 16, key, new species group. Hall 1988: 141, on sugarcane (Florida, USA), possibly a misidentification, see remarks under S. bidentata. Christiansen & Bellinger 1998: 1125, 1126, 1128, Fig. 819, key and description.
Material Examined: USA. California, Stanislaus Co., Modesto; lawn; 29 September 1961; H. Sinclair, coll. Holotype on one slide, California Department of Agriculture # 61J2–105, deposited at the California Academy of Sciences (entomology type # 15020).
Description: The following additions to the description of the species are based on the holotype. Length of holotype 1.1 mm. Colour pattern not seen but originally described as shown in Fig. 42. Ant. 1 with 2 dorsal macrosetae. Prelabral setae 2. Postlabial column CG obstructed, but apparently all setae ciliate. Tergal macrochaetotaxy of Th. 2–Abd. 2 as 4, 6, 4, 2 (Figs. 25–26): chaetotaxy of Th. 3 and Abd. 1 arranged as in S. bidentata. Abd. 4 with 4 posterior setae. Trochanteral organ with 13+14 setae. Unguis with only one distal unpaired tooth. Collophore anterior face with 3 macro- and 3 microsetae; lateral setae 15; posterior face with 1+1 setae. Proportions of dens/manubrium≈ 1, proportion dental vesicle/mucro ≈ 1. Mucro with basal dorsal denticle.
Remarks: Salina beta has a unique colour pattern that distinguishes it from all other New World species. In chaetotaxy S. beta is intermediate between S. wolcotti / ventricolor and bidentata / thibaudi, as shown in Table 1.
description: Published as part of Soto-Adames, Felipe N., 2010, Review of the New World species of Salina (Collembola: Paronellidae) with bidentate mucro, including a key to all New World members of Salina, pp. 26-40 in Zootaxa 2333 on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.193142
Caenomastax insignis Hebard 1923
Creators: name: Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
name: Garay, Andrea
name: Castañeda, Didier
name: Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel
name: García, Alexander García
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Gryllidae
Caenomastax
Caenomastax insignis

description: Caenomastax insignis Hebard, 1923
(Fig. 53–55, 65–67, 77–78, 85–87, 19–110)
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Diagnosis. Posterior projection of the pronotal disc of females reaching half the length of tegmina and blunt-ended (Fig. 77, 78). Female tegmina 3-lobed (Fig. 85). Medial projection of subgenital plate tip projecting and longer than lateral projections (Fig. 87). Abdominal sternites of male black and tomentose, lophi of epiphallus slightly curving towards the latero-external margin (Fig. 65).
Specimens examined: COLOMBIA. Cundinamarca, La Palma, ♂♀ 14 January 1995. D. Angel leg. Silvania, ♂ Vereda Azafrán, 1500 m, in Coffea arabiga, 28 November 2009. N. Flórez leg. [UNAB]. Boyacá, Coper, 10♂ 12♀ September of 2009. O. Cadena leg., Maripi ♀ 27 April 1974 I. Arévalo. Santander, Florián, 8♂ 7♀ June 2012. J. Cardona leg. [CAUD].
Measurements (mm). (♂/♀). Lt: 14 /15.2; P: 3/4; Teg: 2.8 /3; HF: 8 /8.3; HT: 8.5/5.2.
Comments. A complete description of the external morphology of the species was given in its original description. As for phallic structures, they were described by Rehn & Grant (1958). They are commonly found in the understory, among varied vegetation, mostly Melastomataceae and other forbs, in which they can be abundant; they are not found commonly in ferns though in some collection places they inhabited disturbed areas, being found even in grasses in roadsides and overgrown cattle fields. According to Varón (2000), the species is found up to 2000 m.a.s.l., but literature data and the material that could be checked points to an upper limit of about 1600.
description: Published as part of Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Garay, Andrea, Castañeda, Didier, Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel & García, Alexander García, 2016, Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Caenomastax Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Eumastacinae), pp. 241-264 in Zootaxa 4117 (2) on pages 251-252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/265207
Polyporogaster tunetana Verhoeff 1899
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Himantariidae
Polyporogaster
Polyporogaster tunetana

description: Polyporogaster tunetana Verhoeff, 1899
Published records: “Abda Wadi Nefkh” [Avdat], “Ein Fashka-Wadi Dara” [Ein Feshkha], “Kurnub (Negev)”, “Revivim”, “Wadi Umm Salib (Negev)” (Zapparoli 1995).
New records: Yerucham (1 specimen 1963).
Distribution in Israel: the records are all from arid rocky environments, with average annual temperatures between 18–24˚C and annual precipitations between 100–150 mm (Fig. 2 D)
Global distribution: it has been recorded from Mediterranean Africa and the Middle East, but the actual range is unclear.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. The species-level taxonomy of the genus Polyporogaster Verhoeff, 1899 needs revision and therefore the identification of the specimens could require reassessment.
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 242, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Stigmatogaster gracilis Meinert 1870
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Himantariidae
Stigmatogaster
Stigmatogaster gracilis

description: Stigmatogaster cf. gracilis (Meinert, 1870)
Published records: none.
New records: Ein Tamar (1 specimen 1963); Ezuz (1 specimen 2011). Distribution in Israel: both localities are extremely arid, with rocky substrates, average annual temperatures between 20–24˚C and annual precipitations between 50–100 mm (Figure 4 B). Global distribution: S. gracilis is known above all from the western and central part of the Mediterranean region.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. The specimens examined agree with the well known species S. gracilis in all diagnostic characters. However, Israeli populations are widely disjunct from the known range of the species, thus requiring further studies.
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on pages 242-243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Ametrodiplosis Rubsaamen 1910
Creators: name: Elsayed, Ayman Khamis
name: Yukawa, Junichi
name: Mochizuki, Ko
name: Tokuda, Makoto
name: Kawakita, Atsushi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Ametrodiplosis

description: Genus Ametrodiplosis Rübsaamen, 1910
Ametrodiplosis differs from other clinodiplosine genera by a greatly inflated costal base of male wing (Figs 5, 7 & 9) in addition to the following combination of characters: flagellomeres I and II fused in both sexes; basal male flagellomeres usually binodal; each node with 1 set of short-looped circumfila, except some eastern Palearctic and Oriental species that bear 1 or 2 simple whorls of circumfila in addition to or instead of short-looped circumfila (Grover 1970; Fedotova 2002, 2003; Fedotova & Sidorenko 2004); distal male flagellomeres gradually foreshortened and becoming evenly cylindrical, except the Oriental A. pareirae Grover, in which all flagellomeres are foreshortened and cylindrical (Grover 1970); and third instar with bilobed spatula and integument ventrally with anteromedian field of raised and pointed cuticular warts on thoracic segments and abdominal segments I–VIII.
description: Published as part of Elsayed, Ayman Khamis, Yukawa, Junichi, Mochizuki, Ko, Tokuda, Makoto & Kawakita, Atsushi, 2021, Three new species of Ametrodiplosis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Japan, with a key to the Japanese species and a molecular phylogenetic analysis, pp. 151-172 in Zootaxa 4942 (2) on page 154, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4600392
Dizygomyza Hendel
Creators: name: Boucher, Stéphanie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Agromyzidae
Dizygomyza

description: Subgenus Dizygomyza Hendel
Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) Hendel 1920:130 (Type species: Agromyza morosa Meigen, 1838)
Diagnosis. Adults of Dizygomyza species can be distinguished from other subgenera of Cerodontha by their large, semicircular lunule, widely separated antennal bases and usually enlarged first flagellomere in males.
Distribution. The subgenus Dizygomyza is present in all major biogeographic realms except Australia (Spencer 1977), but most species are Nearctic and/or Palaearctic in distribution.
Host plants. All Cerodontha species are miners on Monocotyledoneae. Members of the subgenus Dizygomyza are so far known to be leaf miners on plants in the families Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, Iridaceae, Poaceae (Spencer and Steyskal 1986, Spencer 1990) and Liliaceae sensu lato (Tofieldia glutinosa (Michx.) Pers. (G.C.D. Griffiths, pers.comm.). In the Neotropical region, the host plant has been confirmed for only one undescribed species, known from the immature stage. Specimens of this species, included in the subgenus Dizygomyza due to the presence of a pair of black thoracic horns were found feeding on Cyperus tenuis Sw. (Cyperaceae) in Venezuela (Caracas) (Spencer 1963; Spencer 1990). Another Holarctic species, Cerodontha (D.) luctuosa (Meigen) recorded here for the first time in the Neotropical region, is known to feed on Juncus spp. (Juncaceae) (Nowakowski 1972; Spencer and Steyskal 1986).
description: Published as part of Boucher, Stéphanie, 2005, Description of an unusual new Costa Rican species of Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) with additional notes on Neotropical species of Dizygomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae), pp. 1-8 in Zootaxa 993 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171388
Adelphydraena orchymonti Perkins 1989
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
name: Ribera, Ignacio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydraenidae
Adelphydraena
Adelphydraena orchymonti

description: Adelphydraena orchymonti Perkins
Figs 1, 3, 13 (habitus), 10 (aedeagus), 14 (map), 17–18 (habitat)
Adelphydraena orchymonti Perkins 1989: 450
Differential diagnosis. The smallest member of the genus (ca. 1.24 mm), differentiated from other Adelphydraena by the combination of small size, the non-chordate pronotum, the very small metaventral plaques (Fig. 13), and the aedeagus (Fig. 10).
New collection records: Venezuela: T. F. Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho (40km S), El Tobogan, Canocoromoto, 26Jan1989, stream edge at upper shelter, collected by P. J. Spangler, R. A. Faitout, & C. B. Barr (1 NMNH). Amazonas prov., 100m, Tobogan de la Selva, S Puerto Ayacucho, 24- 25.1.2004, M. Balke (4 specimens, NMW, IBE); one female used for DNA extraction and sequencing (specimen voucher MNCN-AI356). Amazonas prov., Cerro Cuau env., 19.11. 2012, 923 m a.s.l., 05°05’39.1’’ N, 67°27’41.4’’ W, F. Čiampor, Loc 30 (1 female, IBE). Used for DNA extraction and sequencing (specimen voucher IBE-AN711).
Remarks. The habitus images (Figs. 3, 13) and the aedeagus drawing (Fig. 10) are of the specimen collected at El Tobogan, Canocoromoto.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D. & Ribera, Ignacio, 2020, Three new species and DNA sequence data of the rare South American water beetle genus Adelphydraena Perkins, 1989 (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), pp. 35-52 in Zootaxa 4858 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4411485
Thracophilus pachypus Verhoeff 1934
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Himantariidae
Thracophilus
Thracophilus pachypus

description: Thracophilus pachypus Verhoeff, 1934
Published records: “Umgebung von Jerusalem” [near Jerusalem] (Verhoeff 1934); “Jerusalem, Garage Montefiore” (Zapparoli 1995).
New records: none.
Distribution in Israel: two records from Jerusalem and surroundings (Figure 4 A).
Global distribution: the species is known only from Israel.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. The species-level taxonomy of the genus Thracophilus Verhoeff, 1926 is in need of revision.
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Mecistocephalidae
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Mecistocephalidae

description: Mecistocephalidae
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Adelphydraena spangleri Perkins 1989
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
name: Ribera, Ignacio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydraenidae
Adelphydraena
Adelphydraena spangleri

description: Adelphydraena spangleri Perkins
Figs 1, 4, 13 (habitus), 5 (aedeagus), 5 (last tergite), 14 (map), 16 (habitat)
Adelphydraena spangleri Perkins 1989: 448
Differential diagnosis. The largest member of the genus (ca. 1.72 mm), differentiated from other Adelphydraena by the combination of large size, the chordate pronotum with markedly angulate lateral margins, the ovate elytra lacking serrate margins, the comparatively large metaventral plaques (Fig. 13), and the aedeagus (Fig. 5).
New collection records: Venezuela: Bolívar prov., La Gran Sabana, Yaro Parú, 29.11. 2012, 889 m a.s.l., 04°55‘03.6‘‘ N, 61°05‘32.4‘‘ W, F. Čiampor, Loc 50 (7 specimens, IBE, MCZ and PSBC). One male used for DNA extraction and sequencing (specimen voucher IBE-AN495). La Gran Sabana, Mikicaok Paru, 1.12. 2012, 878 m a.s.l., 04°56’32.6’’ N, 61°05’14.9’’ W, F. Čiampor, Loc 60 (4 specimens, IBE, PSBC); one female used for DNA extraction and sequencing (specimen voucher IBE-AN496). La Gran Sabana, San Francisco env., Usaiwek, 1.12. 2012, 879 m a.s.l., 05°01’06.7’’ N, 61°06’50.9’’ W, F. Čiampor, Loc 61 (6 specimens, IBE, PSBC); one female used for DNA extraction and sequencing (specimen voucher IBE-AN712).
Remarks. The habitus images (Figs. 4, 13) are of a female specimen collected at La Gran Sabana, Mikicaok Paru. The aedeagus drawing (Fig. 5) is of a specimen collected at La Gran Sabana, Yaro Parú.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D. & Ribera, Ignacio, 2020, Three new species and DNA sequence data of the rare South American water beetle genus Adelphydraena Perkins, 1989 (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), pp. 35-52 in Zootaxa 4858 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4411485
Mecistocephalus evansi Brolemann 1922
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Mecistocephalidae
Mecistocephalus
Mecistocephalus evansi

description: Mecistocephalus evansi Brölemann, 1922
Published records: “See Genezareth” [Sea of Galilee] (Verhoeff 1925, sub Lamnonyx punctifrons furculigera); ”Gush Halav” (Zapparoli 1995, sub M. insularis).
New records: Be’er Sheva (1 specimen 2011); Gush Halav (1 specimen 1963); Mt. Qadarim (2 specimens 2011); Mt. Meron (1 specimen 2011); Upper Nahal ‘Amud (1 specimen 2011).
Distribution in Israel: most specimens are from cool Mediterranean regions of the Galilee, with average annual temperatures between 15–20˚C and annual precipitations between 450–950 mm (Figure 3 F). One exception is from Be’er Sheva, and we suspect this may be due to an anthropogenic transfer, and have not included it in the presumptive distribution.
Global distribution: the species is known from Israel and Iraq.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. The first specimen of Mecistocephalus Newport, 1843 found in Israel was referred by Verhoeff (1925) to a subspecies whose type locality was in Australia. The record was then reinterpreted tentatively by Zapparoli (1991) as possibly due to a misidentification of Pachymerium ferrugineum. However, after finding other Mecistocephalus specimens from Israel, Zapparoli (1995) confirmed Verhoeff’s generic identification, and referred the specimens to M. insularis (Lucas 1863), which inhabits the Arabian peninsula and more southern regions (Lewis 1986). After examining new specimens from Israel and reconsidering the little information given by previous authors, we are confident in recognizing all specimens of Mecistocephalus found in Israel as belonging to M. evansi. The latter species was described from Iraq (Brölemann 1922) and is easily distinguished from most other Mecistocephalus species by having invariantly 51, rather than 49, pairs of legs.
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Schendylidae
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Schendylidae

description: Schendylidae
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on page 243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927
Hebardomastax Cadena-Castaneda, n. gen.
Creators: name: Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
name: Garay, Andrea
name: Castañeda, Didier
name: Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel
name: García, Alexander García
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Eumastacidae
Hebardomastax

description: Hebardomastax Cadena-Castañeda n. gen.
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:470303
Diagnosis. Antennae with thirteen antennal segments in both sexes, antennal organ on the 10th segment. Both sexes brachypterous. Latero-posterior angle of the first three abdominal tergites projecting backwards in females. Cerci of the male specialized, slender, long and curving ventrally at the tip (Figs. 101–102). Phallic complex: epiphallus and ectophallus slightly sclerotized, sub-membranous, epiphallic disc narrow and ribbon-shaped. Thick, U-shaped endophallus.
Etymology. In memoriam of Morgan Hebard, whose many contributions of regional studies, made many orthopteroid taxa known to Colombia and a good part of the world.
Type species. Hebardomastax atopa (Hebard, 1923) n. comb.
Comments. This new genus is proposed here based on the results of the current phylogenetic analysis, where C. atopa is more closely related to the Eumastax + Homeomastax clade than with the Caenomastax + Zeromastax clade in the absence of sclerotization in the dorsal shield, the specialization of the male cerci, the unlobed tegmina for both sexes and the location of the antennal organ.
description: Published as part of Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Garay, Andrea, Castañeda, Didier, Cardona-Granda, Juan Manuel & García, Alexander García, 2016, Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Caenomastax Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Eumastacinae), pp. 241-264 in Zootaxa 4117 (2) on page 257, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/265207
Liolaemus
Creators: name: Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Liolaemidae
Liolaemus

description: Liolaemus sp1
This population is distributed in the province of Aroma, Huaraco, Bolivia. This population has been defined as a member of the L. alticolor - bibronii group (following the diagnosis of Quinteros 2012) because of the color pattern and character states of its lepidosis. It is confused with Liolaemus alticolor, but exhibits character states that distinguish it from this and all other species member of the L. alticolor-bibronii group. It has 39–45 (X=40.8; SD= 2.87) scales around midbody; 38–42 (X= 40.5; SD= 1.73) scales between occiput and hindlimbs; 63–69 (X= 65.7; SD= 3.05) ventral scales; 10–12 (X= 11; SD= 1.41) scales in dorsum of head (Hellmich’s Index); 5–6 (X= 5.5; SD= 0.71) superciliaries; 6 scales surrounding nasal scale; nasal scale always in contact with rostral, but separated from canthal by one scale; 6–8 (X= 6.75; SD= 0.96) laminar and weakly keeled temporals; auricular scale evident; 32–33 (X= 32.5; SD= 0.71) laminar and weakly keeled neck scales; 4–7 (X= 6; SD= 1.41) losilabials; subocular scale whitish; 6–7 (X= 6.5; SD= 0.56) supralabials and 4 infralabials; fourth supralabial upturned and in contact with subocular in all specimens studied; 2–3 (X= 2.5; SD= 0.71) precloacal pores in males, absent in females. Max–SVL= 49.1 (X= 43.98; SD= 4.44); head length (X= 9.54; SD= 0.81); head width (X= 6.92; SD= 0.79); trunk length (X= 21.15; SD= 2.69); humerus length (X= 4.5; SD= 0.54); tibia length (X= 5.4; SD= 0.72). Color pattern: dorsolateral stripes and vertebral line in dorsum of body and tail evident. Paravertebral spots absent. Lateral region spotless, light brown.
Ventrolateral region gray, with some speckled spots. Throat of females cream color, with black lines. In males, throat lead gray. Chest and belly gray without spots. Ventral region of tail speckled.
description: Published as part of Quinteros, Andrés Sebastián, 2013, A morphology-based phylogeny of the Liolaemus alticolor – bibronii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae), pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 3670 (1) on page 4, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/283906
Schendyla carniolensis Verhoeff 1902
Creators: name: Chipman, Ariel D.
name: Dor, Neta
name: Bonato, Lucio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Schendylidae
Schendyla
Schendyla carniolensis

description: Schendyla cf. carniolensis Verhoeff, 1902
Published records: none.
New records: Ezuz (2 specimens 2011).
Distribution in Israel: the single site is from a region with extreme arid conditions (Figure 4 B).
Global distribution: S. carniolensis is known mainly from the Alps and the Balkan peninsula.
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. Among the known species in the genus Schendyla Bergsøe & Meinert, 1866, the specimens examined agree with S. carniolensis in the main diagnostic characters, including features of the pretarsus of the second maxillae, number of trunk segments, presence of pore-fields, and relative elongation of the articles of the ultimate legs. However, the record from Israel is well disjunct from the known range of S. carniolensis, so the true identity of the species occurring in Israel remains unclear.
Schendyla sp.
Published records: “Chuldah bei Jaffa” [Hulda, near Jaffa] (Verhoeff 1925, sub. S. walachica).
New records: none.
Distribution in Israel: known only from a single poorly defined locality (not mapped).
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. The specimen reported by Verhoeff (1925) was identified by him as S. walachica Verhoeff, 1900. However, this identification can be confidently rejected because the number of legs reported by Verhoeff (43 pairs) is out of the range of variation known for S. walachica (33–37 pairs; Verhoeff 1900; Brölemann & Ribaut 1912; Matic 1972). In the same way, the number of legs of Verhoeff’s specimen is significantly different also from the numbers of the specimens of S. cf. carniolensis examined by us (53–55 pairs). Pending the examination of other specimens, it is currently impossible to guess the true identity of the species.
description: Published as part of Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), pp. 232-248 in Zootaxa 3652 (2) on pages 243-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219927