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Mimops orientalis

Kraepelin, 1903

GBIF:164127894

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Distribution. Currently, we have confirmed that M. orientalis occurs on Qinling Mountain (Shaanxi and Henan provinces) and inhabits forests near rivers above 500 - 1200 m elevation (Fig. 1).

Jiang, Chao, Bai, Yunjun, Shi, Mengxuan, Liu, Juan (2020): Rediscovery and phylogenetic relationships of the scolopendromorph centipede Mimops orientalis Kraepelin, 1903 (Chilopoda) a monotypic species of Mimopidae endemic to China, for more than one century. ZooKeys 932: 75-91, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.51461, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.51461

Specimens examined. Seven Mimops orientalis specimens were collected near a river in the Taiping National Forest Park, Hu county, Shaanxi, China (33.98 N, 108.69 E, 620 - 640 m alt.), and another M. orientalis were collected in 2019 from Funiushan National Nature Reserve, Luanchuan, Henan, China. Mimops orientalis (n = 8). CMMI 20190714001, adult, under a stone near a river, Longyuwan National Forest Park, Luanchuan, Henan, China, (33.713 N, 111.775 E, 1110 m alt.) collected by Mengxuan Shi, on 14 Jul. 2019. CMMI 20190908001, adult male, under a stone near a ditch, Taiping National Forest Park, Hu county, Shaanxi, China (33.98 N, 108.69 E, 630 m alt.), collected by Chao Jiang, on 08 Sept. 2019. CMMI 20190908002, juvenile, under a stone in some brushwood, Taiping National Forest Park, Hu county, Shaanxi, China (33.98 N, 108.69 E, 620 m alt.), collected by Chao Jiang, on 08 Sept. 2019. CMMI 20190908003 and CMMI 20190908004, juvenile, under stones in grass halfway up a steep hill, Taiping National Forest Park, Hu county, Shaanxi, China (33.98 N, 108.69 E, 640 m alt.), collected by Chao Jiang, on 08 Sept 2019. CMMI 20190908005, adult, under a trash bin near the road, Taiping National Forest Park, Hu county, Shaanxi, China (33.98 N, 108.69 E, 626 m alt.), collected by Chao Jiang, on 08 Sept. 2019. CMMI 20190908006, subadult, under a stone near the collection site of specimen CMMI 20190908005, collected by Chao Jiang, on 08 Sept. 2019. CMMI 20190908007, juvenile, under a stone of brushwood, Taiping National Forest Park, Hu county, Shaanxi, China (33.98 N, 108.69 E, 620 m alt.), collected by Chao Jiang, on 08 Sept 2019.

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Figure 1. The current known distribution of Mimops orientalis. Two main record localities were in Shaanxi and Henan provinces, China, indicated by a red dot and a green pentagon, respectively; the red dot perhaps indicates the type locality.

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Figures 2 - 5. Habitat of Mimops orientalis 2, 3 Habitat at locality of M. orientalis in Taiping National Forest Park, Hu county, Shaanxi, China 4, 5 living specimens of M. orientalis.

Figures 6 - 9. Head of Mimops orientalis Kraepelin, 1903 6, 7 Head and tergite 1 and 2, dorsal and ventral views 8, 9 dorsal views of the right antenna.

Figures 10 - 15. 10 Coxosternite and forcipules of Mimops orientalis 11 - 15 Trunk segment features of Mimops orientalis. 11 Tergites 11 - 13, showing paramedian sutures and spiracle 12 sternites 5 - 7, showing sutures 13 spiracle on segment 5 14 ventral view of legs 5 - 7 (right) 15 dorsal view of leg 3 (right).

Figures 16 - 18. Ultimate segment and ultimate legs of Mimops orientalis 16 Ventral view of the ultimate segment 17 dorsal view of the ultimate segment 18 dorsal view of ultimate legs.

Figures 19, 20. Genital segments of Mimops orientalis 19 Male specimen 20 female specimen.

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