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Aphilodon angustatus

Aphilodon angustatus

Silvestri, 1909

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Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonato, Lucio (2019): Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily. Zootaxa 4698 (1): 1-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1
Diagnosis. A species of Aphilodon with: around 53 – 59 leg-bearing segments; known body length in adults 11 – 19 mm; cephalic plate length / width ratio 1.1 – 1.2; antenna ca. 2 times as long as cephalic plate; pectinate lamella of mandible with straight denticles; coxosternite of second maxillae not distinctly shorter in middle part; forcipular pretergite exposed; telopodite of second maxillae with article 3 shorter than article 2 and with 2 subapical setae and a short sensillum between; forcipule with lateral margin posteriorly straight; tarsungulum ca. 0.8 – 0.9 times as long as trochanteroprefemur + femur; forcipule with 3 + 1 denticles; distal denticle of trochanteroprefemur, denticle of femur and denticle of tibia relatively large and denticle of tarsungulum relatively small; distal denticle of trochanteroprefemur and denticle of femur separate; all pleurites conspicuous; each coxopleuron with 6 – 8 coxal pores in adults; ultimate presternite entire or apparently divided in middle part; metasternite of ultimate leg-bearing segment length / width ratio ca. 0.7; ultimate legs ca. 1.7 – 1.8 times as long as penultimate legs, with tarsus 1 1.1 – 1.2 times as long as tibia. A. angustatus differs from all other species of Aphilodon by having: around 53 – 59 leg-bearing segments; body length less than 25 mm; distal denticle of trochanteroprefemur, denticle of femur and denticle of tibia relatively large and denticle of tarsungulum being relatively small (Fig. 18 C); less than 10 coxal pores on each coxopleuron in adults. Recorded specimens:> 25, including 17 ♀ and 5 ♂, from 10 localities.
Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonato, Lucio (2019): Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily. Zootaxa 4698 (1): 1-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1
Distribution. Argentina — Misiones: Corrientes, San Pedro (Silvestri 1909 b). Brazil — Mato Grosso: Corumbá, Urucum (Silvestri 1909 b); Poconé, Pirizal (Pereira et al. 2007); Nossa Senhora do Livramento (Battirola et al. 2017). Brazil — São Paulo: Bananal (new record); Cotia, Caucaia do Alto (new record); Iporanga, Parque Estadual do Alto do Ribeira (new record); “ zona araraquarense ” (Bücherl 1942 a). Brazil — Paraná: Sangés (new record). Paraguay — Paraguarì (Silvestri 1909 b). Known variation. Sternite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment: shorter in middle in all specimens from Parque Estadual do Alto do Ribeira (PETAR) (N = 3 ♀, 2 ♂).
Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonato, Lucio (2019): Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily. Zootaxa 4698 (1): 1-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1
Type specimens. Syntypes: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, from “ Corrientes, S. Pedro (Missiones [sic], Argentina) ” (Silvestri, 1909 b), F. Silvestri col., 1909; deposited in MCSG “ Vase type XVIII ”; specimens labeled “ a – b ”. Type locality. Argentina: Misiones: San Pedro: Corrientes. Material examined. ARGENTINA. Misiones: Corrientes, San Pedro, 1909, F. Silvestri col., 1 ♀, 1 ♂ [syn- types] (MCSG). BRAZIL. Mato Grosso: Poconé, Pirizal (16 ° 16 ’ S, 56 ° 22 ’ W), 29 / 02 / 2004, J. L. Silva col., 1 ♀ (PD G 981). São Paulo: Bananal (22 ° 41 ’ 01 ” S, 44 ° 19 ’ 24 ” W), 2010, J. M. Pereira col., 3 ♀, 1 ♂ (IBSP 3655); Caucaia do Alto, Reserva Morro Alto (23 ° 41 ’ S, 47 ° 1 ’ W), 07 / 2016, V. C. Calvanese col., 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (IBSP 4065); Iporanga, Parque Estadual do Alto do Ribeira (PETAR) (24 ° 35 ’ 08 ” S, 48 ° 35 ’ 35 ” W), 2010, J. M. Pereira col., 3 ♀, 2 ♂ (IBSP 3657); Paraná, Sangés (24 ° 06 ’ 46 ” S, 49 ° 27 ’ 49 ” W), 5 ♀ (IBSP 878).
Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonato, Lucio (2019): Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily. Zootaxa 4698 (1): 1-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1

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FIGURE 18. A–D, Aphilodon angustatus Silvestri, 1909. Male (IBSP 3655): A, left telopodite of second maxillae, ventral; B, article 3 of second maxillae telopodite, ventro-lateral; C, forcipular segment, ventral; D, terminal part of body, ventral. Scale bars: 0.01 (A–B), 0.3 (C–D) mm.

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Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D., Bonato, Lucio (2019): Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily. Zootaxa 4698 (1): 1-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1

Abstract

Aphilodontinae are a well distinct but poorly known group of soil centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) inhabiting two disjunct areas in South America and South Africa respectively. A comprehensive revision of the Neotropical species is presented based on the examination of> 150 specimens, the phylogenetic analysis of the entire subfamily based on 47 morphological characters, and the description of eight new species from Southeastern Brazil. The Aphilodontinae were confirmed a monophyletic clade within Geophilidae and closely related to Geoperingueyia, with which they share synapomorphic characters in the labrum, second maxillae and forcipules. Particular groups of clypeal setae, inconspicuous lateral parts of labrum and coalescent forcipular throchanteroprefemur and femur were recovered as synapomorphies of the Aphilodontinae. Four monophyletic genera are recognized within the subfamily Aphilodontinae Silvestri, 1909 (1908) (= Brasilophilidae Verhoeff, 1908; = Mecistaucheninae Verhoeff, 1925 n. syn.), three exclusively Neotropical and one exclusively South African. The Neotropical genera are: Aphilodon Silvestri, 1898 (= Mecistauchenus Brölemann, 1907 n. syn.; = Brasilophilus Verhoeff, 1908 n. syn.), with ten species (including A. caboclos n. sp., A. indespectus n. sp., A. meganae n. sp., A. pereirai n. sp. and A. silvestrii n. sp.), characterized by a small terminal spine on the ultimate legs, in both males and females; Mecophilus Silvestri, 1909, with two species (including M. tupiniquim n. sp.), characterized by elongated forcipular segment and first leg-bearing segment; Mairata n. gen., with two species (M. butantan n. sp. and M. itatiaiensis n. sp.), characterized by the partial reduction of the distal article of the second maxillary telopodite and a particular shape of ultimate legs, in both males and females. The South African genus, Philacroterium Attems, 1926, comprises eleven known species (including P. weberi (Silvestri, 1909) n. comb., P. caffrarium (Verhoeff, 1937) n. comb., P. porosum (Verhoeff, 1937) n. comb., P. brevipes (Verhoeff, 1938) n. comb., P. bidentatum (Lawrence, 1955) n. comb., P. longipes (Lawrence, 1955) n. comb., P. macronyx (Lawrence, 1955) n. comb., P. maritimum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb., P. pauciporum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb. and P. transvaalicum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb.) and is characterized by vestigial lateral parts of the labrum and the complete suppression of the distal article of the telopodites of the second maxillae. Identification keys are provided for the Aphilodontinae genera and for the species of Aphilodon, Mecophilus and Mairata n. gen. The known occurrence of Aphilodon in Brazil is extended from the states of São Paulo and Mato Grosso to the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, that of Mecophilus from the state of Paraná to the state of São Paulo.

Calvanese V C, Brescovit A D, Bonato L, plazi (2019). Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 11/15/2019View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
160406604
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2233961
Taxon ID
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