Otostigmus politus Karsch 1881
Creators: name: Vu, Ha T.
name: Nguyen, Hung D.
name: Le, Son X.
name: Eguchi, Katsuyuki
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Scolopendromorpha
Scolopendridae
Otostigmus
Otostigmus politus

description: <i>Otostigmus politus</i> Karsch, 1881 (Figs. 20–23) <i>Otostigmus politus</i> Karsch, 1881: 62; Chamberlin 1920: 13; Attems 1930: 150; Schileyko 1992: 7; Schileyko 1995: 80; Schileyko 2001: 428; Lewis 2001: 31, figs 59–68; Lewis 2003: 195; Schileyko 2007: 80, fig. 3. <i>Otostigmus completus</i> Chamberlin, 1920: 15, synonymized by Lewis (2001). <i>Otostigmus frigidus</i> Verhoeff, 1942: 186, synonymized by Lewis (2003). <b>Material examined</b>. <b>HOA BINH Province</b>: 3 specimens (<b>IEBR-Chi 080, 081, 084</b>) Xuan Nha Natural Reserve, natural forests, 20.7108N– 104.6869E, elevation of 673–761m, 14 May–June 2018, coll. Nguyen D. Hung. <b>Diagnosis</b>. Body with 21 leg-bearing segments. Spiracles oval-shaped (Fig. 21C). Antennae with 17 antennomeres including first three glabrous dorsally (Fig. 20). Paramedian grooves present on both sternites and tergites 5–20 (Fig. 21 A–B). Coxopleural process very short, conical, nearly covered with pores, and with 2–3 apical spines (Figs 21D, 22A). Spines on prefemur of the ultimate legs arranged in three rows, each with 3–5 spines (Fig. 22 B–C). <b>Previous records in Vietnam</b>. HOA BINH (Schileyko 1992, 2007). <b>Distribution.</b> The species has also been reported from China, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Korea (Attems 1930; Schileyko 2007). <b>Remarks</b>. The specimens agree with the descriptions of Schikeyko (1995, 2007) from material collected from Mai Chau (Hoa Binh Province). The species has been recorded only in Hoa Binh Province (Fig. 23).
description: Published as part of <i>Vu, Ha T., Nguyen, Hung D., Le, Son X., Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Nguyen, Anh D. &amp; Tran, Binh T. T., 2020, A review and notes on the phylogenetic relationship of the centipede genus Otostigmus Porat, 1876 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) from Vietnam, pp. 401-438 in Zootaxa 4808 (3)</i> on page 420, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3933160
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