First record of the family Colinauropodidae (Myriapoda, Pauropoda) in China, with the description of three new species.

Yun Bu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.947.53723

Abstract

The pauropod family Colinauropodidae Scheller, 1985 is recorded from China for the first time. Three new species of the genus Colinauropus Remy, 1956 are described: Colinauropus chinensissp. nov. and C. chongzhouisp. nov. from Jiangsu Province, and C. foliosussp. nov. from Sichuan Province. They can be easily separated from similar species by the number and the shape of sclerotized plates on the tergites, setae on the body and the anal plate. A key for all species of the genus is provided.

Highlights

The family Colinauropodidae Scheller, 1985 includes the single genus Colinauropus Remy, 1956 and contains three species in the world: Colinauropus regis Remy, 1956 from Réunion and Mauritius (Remy 1956, 1959), C. schelleri Hagino, 1991 from Japan (Hagino 1991, 2005), and C. haginoi Scheller, 2009 from Philippines (Scheller, 2009). Their most charming character lies in the tergites which split into several distinctly sclerotized plates of irregular shape (Scheller 2011)
The genus Colinauropus was considered to be affiliated with species of the family Brachypauropodidae Silvestri, 1902 according to the fragmented tergites and the shape of anal plate (Remy 1956)
On tergite II, 4 small anterior plus 2 large posterior plates are present in C. regis and C. chinensis sp. nov., 6 small anterior plus 2 large posterior plates are present in C. chongzhoui sp. nov., while there are 4 small plus 4 large plates in the remaining three species

Summary

Introduction

The family Colinauropodidae Scheller, 1985 includes the single genus Colinauropus Remy, 1956 and contains three species in the world: Colinauropus regis Remy, 1956 from Réunion and Mauritius (Remy 1956, 1959), C. schelleri Hagino, 1991 from Japan (Hagino 1991, 2005), and C. haginoi Scheller, 2009 from Philippines (Scheller, 2009) Their most charming character lies in the tergites which split into several distinctly sclerotized plates of irregular shape (Scheller 2011). The purposes of this study are 1) to record the occurrence of family Colinauropodidae Scheller, 1985 in China for the first time; 2) to describe three new species of the genus Colinauropus Remy, 1956 from China; 3) to give a key to the species of the genus

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