Otostigmus amballae Chamberlin 1913
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 amballae

description: <i>Otostigmus amballae</i> Chamberlin, 1913 (Figs. 8–11) <i>Otostigmus (O.) amballae</i> Chamberlin, 1913: 74; Attems 1930: 153; Schileyko 1992: 7; Schileyko 1995: 81, fig. 7; Schileyko 1998: 268; Schileyko 2001: 429; Schileyko 2007: 78. <b>Material examined</b>. <b>SON LA Province</b>: 1 specimen (<b>IEBR-Chi 069</b>) Ta Xua Natural Reserve, bamboo forests, 21.3406N– 104.6804E, elevation of 346 m, 12 November 2017, coll. Ha Kieu Loan &amp; Le X. Son; 1 specimen (<b>IEBR-Chi 013</b>) same data, but 21.3491N– 104.6947E, elevation of 810 m, 11 November 2017; <b>HOA BINH Province</b>: 1 specimen (IEBR-Chi 014) Thuong Tien Natural Reserve, natural forests, 20.6346N– 105.4500E, elevation of 515 m, 31 January 2018, coll. Hoang N. Anh &amp; Nguyen D. Hung; 1 specimen (<b>IEBR-Chi 054</b>) same locality, but 20.6331N– 105.4503E, elevation of 564 m, 14 May 2017, coll. Hoang N. Anh &amp; Nguyen D. Hung; 1 specimen (<b>IEBR-Chi 218</b>) same locality, but bamboo forests, elevation of 441 m; <b>VINH PHUC Province</b>: 2 specimens (<b>IEBR-Chi 248-249</b>), Me Linh station for Biodiversity, regenerated forests, 21.3885N– 105.7193E, 2-3 December 2018, coll. Vu T. Ha. <b>Diagnosis</b>. Body with 21 leg-bearing segments. Spiracles oval-shaped (Fig. 9C). Antennae with 17 antennomeres; first two and ½ of the third glabrous; the last antennomere twice as long as previous one (Fig. 8). Tergites 3–20 with three distinct longitudinal keels, and a slightly deep depression between these keels (Fig. 9B). Sternites 2–20 with wide and shallow paramedian grooves (Fig. 9A). Coxopleural process very short, conical, with up to 2 apical spines (Figs 9B, 10A). Prefemur of the ultimate legs with 0–4 ventral spines (Fig. 10 B–C). <b>Previous records from Vietnam.</b> HOA BINH, QUANG NINH (Schileyko, 1992, 1995, 2007). <b>Distribution</b>. The species has also been reported from India, Nepal and Thailand (Attems 1930; Schileyko 2007), but it has only been found in northern Vietnam so far (Fig. 11).
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 pages 410-411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3933160
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