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 – males
1 With ocelli.......................................................................................... 2
- Without ocelli.............................................................. Lithobius krali (Dobroruka, 1979)
2 Claws of ultimate legs simple, without accessory claw........................................................ 3
- Claws of ultimate legs with accessory claws.............................................................. 17
3 Ultimate pairs of legs with secondary sexual characters........................................................ 4
- Ultimate pairs of legs without secondary sexual characters.................................................... 15
4 A wart-like process on 15T.............................................................................. 5
- 15T without wart-like process........................................................................... 11
5 Ocelli in two-four rows on each side of cephalic capsule...................................................... 6
- Four-five ocelli in one row on each side of cephalic capsule.................... Lithobius javanicus (Zalesskaja, 1978)
6 15DaP spine present................................................................................... 7
- No 15DaP spine..................................................................................... 9
7 15DpF spine present.................................................................................. 8
- No 15DpF spine........................................................ Lithobius ferganensis (Trotzina, 1894)
8 No 15VaT spine........................................................ Lithobius ketmenensis Farzalieva, 2006
- 15VaT spine present....................................................... Lithobius amplinus Farzalieva, 2006
9 15DmF spines present............................................................................... 10
- No 15DmF spines....................................................... Lithobius turkestanicus Attems, 1904
10 No 15DaF spines............................................. Lithobius steppicus (Farzalieva & Zalesskaja, 2003)
- 15DaF spines present......................................................... Lithobius farzalievae nom. nov.
11 15T without dorsodistal projection..................................................................... 12
- 15T with dorsodistal projection......................................................................... 13
12 15F without dorsodistal projection, 15F and 15T with sulci...................... Lithobius vagabundus Stuxberg, 1876
- 15F with dorsodistal projection, 15F and 15T without sulci................. Lithobius tuberofemoratus Farzalieva, 2006
13 No club-like setae on the dorsodistal projection of 15T..................................................... 14
- Club-like setae on the dorsodistal projection of 15T present................ Lithobius muminabadicus (Zalesskaja, 1978)
14 Dense short setae on the dorsodistal projection of 15T present................. Lithobius tarbagataicus Farzalieva, 2006
- No dense setae on the dorsodistal projection of 15T.............................. Lithobius curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847
15 No dorsal spines 15DaF and 15DmF.................................................................... 16
- 15DaF and 15DmF spines present............................................. Lithobius simplis Farzalieva, 2006
16 No 15DpF................................................................ Lithobius crassipes L. Koch, 1862
- 15DpF present................................................................ Lithobius fugax Stuxberg, 1876
17 Ultimate pairs of legs with secondary sexual characters....................................................... 18
- Ultimate pairs of legs without secondary sexual characters.................................................... 22
18 15T without wart-like process........................................................................... 19
- Wart-like process on 15T.................................................. Lithobius worogowensis Eason, 1976
19 14T without wart-like process.......................................................................... 20
- 14T with a wart-like process...................................................... Lithobius insolens nom. nov.
20 No dorsodistal group of club-like setae on 15F. ........................................................... 21
- A dorsodistal group of club-like setae on 15F. ..................................... Lithobius franciscorum sp. nov.
21 15T with sulci and dorsodistal group of club-like setae............................... Lithobius alticus (Loksa, 1965)
- 15T without sulci and club-like setae...................................... Lithobius nordenskioldii Stuxberg, 1876
22 Ocelli in one row on each side of cephalic capsule.......................................................... 23
- Ocelli in two rows on each side of cephalic capsule................................. Lithobius dobrorukai nom. nov.
23 17+17 antennal articles, no DaC on legs 11–15..................................... Lithobius crassus (Loksa, 1965)
- 20+20 antennal articles, DaC present on legs 11–15........................... Lithobius canaricolor Farzalieva, 2006
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 pages 25-26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209915