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Issue: Vol. 5419 No. 3: 7 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.5
Page range: 401-418
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A new dwarf schendylid centipede (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) with a low number of legs from Serbia, Balkan Peninsula

University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology; Institute of Zoology; Studentski Trg 16; 11000 Belgrade; Serbia
University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology; Institute of Zoology; Studentski Trg 16; 11000 Belgrade; Serbia
University of Belgrade—Faculty of Biology; Institute of Zoology; Studentski Trg 16; 11000 Belgrade; Serbia
Myriapoda Schendyla new species Medvednik Balkans taxonomy

Abstract

Schendyla antici sp. nov., a dwarf geophilomorph from the Mt. Medvednik (Western Serbia, Balkan Peninsula), is described and illustrated based on the specimens extracted from the soil samples. A detailed comparison with all species within the genus is provided. The new species has the lowest number of leg-bearing segments within the genus Schendyla Bergsøe & Meinert, 1866, and one of the lowest in the order Geophilomorpha in general.

 

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