Abstract
Among the Scolopendrellidae belonging to the collection of Symphyla of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium), ten species were found and seven new species are described: Symphylella erecta sp. nov., S. fuko sp. nov., S. kalundu sp. nov., S. lubumbashi sp. nov., S. malagassa sp. nov., S. tanganyika sp. nov. and Remysymphyla spinosa sp. nov. SEM micrographs and additional information of the new species and also of Remysymphyla hova Aubry & Masson, 1952, Ribautiella zagnanadina Brölemann, 1926 and R. schoutedeni Hinschberger, 1954 are provided, which contributes to an easier determination of the afrotropical scolopendrellid species. The diagnosis of the genus Remysymphyla is discussed.
Highlights
Little is known of the Symphyla fauna of the Afrotropics, especially regarding the family Scolopendrellidae
Fourteen species of Scolopendrellidae have previously been reported in the Afrotropics
The present work is a study of the collection of Symphyla of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium)
Summary
Little is known of the Symphyla fauna of the Afrotropics, especially regarding the family Scolopendrellidae. First pair of legs not visible in holotype, strongly reduced to small spiny spot with two protruding setae each in paratypes (Fig. 1C, D).
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