Monotarsobius
Creators: name: Dányi, László
name: Tuf, Ivan H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Monotarsobius

description: Key to the Central Asian species of subgenus Monotarsobius —females
1 With ocelli........................................................................................... 2
- Without ocelli.............................................................. Lithobius krali (Dobroruka, 1979)
2 Claw of ultimate legs simple, without accessory claw......................................................... 3
- Claws of ultimate legs with accessory claws............................................................... 22
3 Gonopodal claw simple or bipartite....................................................................... 4
- Gonopodal claw tripartite............................................................................. 12
4 Gonopodal claw simple................................................................................. 5
- Gonopodal claw bipartite.............................................................................. 8
5 Gonopods with 2+2 spurs.............................................................................. 6
- Gonopods with 3+3 to 4+4 spurs................................................ Lithobius fugax Stuxberg, 1876
6 14+14 antennal articles.................................................... Lithobius ignotus Muralevitch, 1906
- 16+16 antennal articles at least......................................................................... 7
7 Four to five ocelli on each side of cephalic capsule............................ Lithobius javanicus (Zalesskaja, 1978)
- More than 7 ocelli on each side of cephalic capsule........................ Lithobius muminabadicus (Zalesskaja, 1978)
8 Gonopods with 2+2 spurs............................................................................... 9
- Gonopods with 3+3 to 4+4 spurs................................................ Lithobius fugax Stuxberg, 1876
9 More than 5 ocelli on each side......................................................................... 10
- Up to 4 ocelli on each side........................................... Lithobius tuberofemoratus Farzalieva, 2006
10 15DaC present...................................................................................... 11
- No 15DaC.................................................. Lithobius steppicus (Farzalieva & Zalesskaja, 2003)
11 No 15DpF............................................................. Lithobius ferganensis (Trotzina, 1894)
- 15DpF present......................................................... Lithobius vagabundus Stuxberg, 1876
12 Second segment of gonopods with true spines.............................................................. 13
- Second segment of gonopods with setiform spines only............................ Lithobius simplis Farzalieva, 2006
13 Second segment of gonopods with 1-2 spines.............................................................. 14
- Second segment of gonopods with at least 3 spines......................................................... 17
14 15DaP spines present................................................................................. 15
- No 15DaP spines............................................................. Lithobius farzalievae nom. nov.
15 Inner face of gonopods without setae..................................................................... 16
- 2-3 long setae on the inner face of gonopods................................. Lithobius ketmenensis Farzalieva, 2006
16 15DpF present....................................................... Lithobius tarbagataicus Farzalieva, 2006
- No 15DpF............................................................. Lithobius ferganensis (Trotzina, 1894)
17 15DpF spines present................................................................................. 18
- No DpF spines on leg 15..................................................... Lithobius crassipes L. Koch, 1862
18 15DaF spine present................................................................................. 19
- No 15DaF spine......................................................... Lithobius turkestanicus Attems, 1904
19 15DaT spines present................................................................................. 20
- No 15DaT spines.......................................................... Lithobius amplinus Farzalieva, 2006
20 Inner face of gonopods without setae.................................................................... 21
- 2-3 long setae on the inner face of gonopods................................. Lithobius ketmenensis Farzalieva, 2006
21 Ultimate pair of legs with two coxal pores.................................. Lithobius tarbagataicus Farzalieva, 2006
- Ultimate pair of legs with three to five coxal pores............................... Lithobius curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847
22 Gonopodal claw simple or bipartite..................................................................... 23
- Gonopodal claw tripartite............................................................................. 26
23 Gonopodal claw simple................................................................................ 24
- Gonopodal claw bipartite............................................................................. 25
24 Gonopods with 2+2 spurs............................................... Lithobius nordenskioldii Stuxberg, 1876
- Gonopods with 3+3 to 4+4 spurs................................................ Lithobius franciscorum sp. nov.
25 Gonopods with 2+2 spurs................................................ Lithobius canaricolor Farzalieva, 2006
- Gonopods with 3+3 to 4+4 spurs................................................. Lithobius alticus (Loksa, 1965)
26 VpF spines start from 2nd legs, DaC spines start from 10th legs......................... Lithobius insolens nom. nov.
- VpF spines start from legs 9-10, DaC spines start from legs 13–15................. Lithobius worogowensis Eason, 1976
description: Published as part of Dányi, László & Tuf, Ivan H., 2012, Lithobius (Monotarsobius) franciscorum sp. nov., a new lithobiid species from the Altai, with a key to the Central Asian species of the subgenus (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha), pp. 16-28 in Zootaxa 3182 on page 26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209915