Tuoba laticollis
Creators: name: Vega-Román, Emmanuel
name: Ruiz, Víctor Hugo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Tuoba
Tuoba laticollis

description: 66. Tuoba laticollis (Attems, 1903)   
 Geophilus laticollis Attems, 1903: 155–302 pp., see p. 239.   
 Distribution: Juan Fernández Archipelago (Foddai et al. 2000).   
 Type locality: Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile (Ilie et al. 2009).   
 Remarks: New combination proposed by Crabill (1968).   
Family  
 Linotaeniidae Cook, 1899   
  67. Chileana araucanensis (Silvestri, 1899)  Linotaenia araucanensis Silvestri, 1899: see p. 152.   
 Distribution: Temuco, Pitrufquén, Los Muermos, Zapallar, Valle del Aconcagua (Silvestri 1899, 1905, Porter 1911, 1912, Chamberlin 1955, Sielfeld 2002, Özdikmen 2009).   
 Type locality: Temuco, Pitrufquén, Chile (Silvestri 1899).   
 Remarks: New combination proposed by Özdikmen (2009).   
Family  
 Oryidae Cook, 1896   
  68. Metaxythus austrinus Crabill, 1968  Metaxythus Crabill, 1968: 243–248 pp., see p. 244.   
 Distribution: Juan Fernández Archipelago (Bonato et al. 2016).   
 Type locality: Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile (Crabill 1968).   
  69. Trematorya sternalis Brölemann, 1909  Trematorya sternalis Brölemann, 1909: 415–432 pp., see p. 425.   
 Distribution: Juan Fernández island (Chamberlin 1955, Foddai et al. 2000, Sielfeld 2002).   
 Type locality: Valparaíso Hills, Chile (Brölemann 1909).   
Family  
 Schendylidae Cook, 1896   
  70. Schendyla tyrolensis Meinert, 1870  Schendyla tyrolensis Meinert, 1870: 81–103 pp., see p. 103.   
 Distribution: Quinta Normal, Valparaíso, Santiago (Silvestri 1899, 1905, Porter 1911, 1912, Chamberlin 1955, Sielfeld 2002).   
 Type locality: “Razzes, Tyrol” = Bagni di Razzes, Italy (Meinert 1870).   
 Remarks: Species was introduced from Europe (Foddai et al. 2000); it is distributed in America, some areas of Africa, Madagascar, southern and eastern Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands (Minelli 2011).   
 4. Discussion   
species on the island of Chiloé, which is undoubtedly  
This work is the first complete list of the chilopod fauna due to the work of expeditions that have passed through recorded in Chile from 1847 until today. A bibliographic the country. Therefore, if the sampling effort increases, compilation is presented including publications, a it is likely that the number of species and their range of revision of ChiloBase, and field data of the authors. To distribution will also increase.  
the present in Chile a total of 70 species from 28 genera, Certainly, our knowledge of Chilean centipedes is still 10 families, and 4 orders have been registered. far being from complete and a review of the taxonomic  
The highest number of species is presented by status of several species is necessary due to the time the Geophilomorpha with 45 species, followed by elapsed since their original descriptions. Biogeographic Lithobiomorpha and Scolopendromorpha with 12 and and autecological information will increase with 11 species, respectively. Scutigeromorpha presents the the number of specialists. However, the information least diversity with only two species, and one of which, provided here is essential to initiate future studies on the apparently, presents a problem in its registered location. distribution, taxonomy and ecology of Chilopoda as much  
 Akymnopellis chilensis (Gervais, 1847) is the species of the Chilean national territory is still poorly sampled. with the widest distribution in Chile, occurring from Therefore, the number of species and distributional data Copiapó to Punta Arenas. Scutigera coleoptrata, which on this list will increase in the near future when studies until 2009 only reached Talca is currently recorded are expanded to include those parts of the Chilean throughout the entire central-southern area (Pérez- territory not yet sufficiently investigated.   
Schultheiss & Mosqueira 2009, Faúndez 2011).  
Most of the remaining species were only been  
 recorded at one or two locations (e.g. Cryptops gynnis,   
 C. nahuelbuta, C. armatus, C. detectus, C. nivicomes, 5. Acknowledgments   
 Anopsobius productus, Lamyctes andinus, L. baeckstroemi,   
 Paralamyctes wellingtonensis, Apogeophilus claviger, This research was supported by the Zoology Department Chilenophilus porosus, Eurytion moderatum, Pachymerinus at the University of Concepción. The authors would like canaliculatus). to thank Mauricio Urbina, Karen Middlemiss and Jörg   
This may indicate that many of these species are Spelda for his constructive comments and language edits endemic; however, in reality more fieldwork is required on the manuscript.  
 in unexplored areas regarding this fauna. Species such Emmanuel Vega-Román was supported by a doctoral as Lamyctes africanus have been registered in several fellowship from the Chilean National Commission for countries in Great Britain (Barber 1992), in Denmark Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) (Enghoff et al. 2013); in the Czech Republic (Dányi & CONICYTPCHA/Doctorado Nacional/2017-2171666.   
Tuf 2016), in Germany (Decker et al. 2017), and in France  
(Iorio 2016). In Chile this species may have reached Juan  
Fernández through an expedition, being dispersed by  
 boats. The species Scutigera coleoptrata presumably 6. References   
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description: Published as part of Vega-Román, Emmanuel & Ruiz, Víctor Hugo, 2018, Catalogue of Chilean centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda), pp. 27-37 in Soil Organisms 90 (1) on pages 34-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13350765