Scolopendrellidae (Myriapoda, Symphyla) from the Afrotropics with descriptions of seven new species

• Main Authors: Didier VandenSpiegel, Miguel Domínguez Camacho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2012-12-01
• Series: European Journal of Taxonomy
• Subjects: Symphyla; Afrotropics; Scolopendrellidae; Remysymphyla; Symphylella
• Online Access: http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/108

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: <em>Symphylella erecta</em> sp. nov., <em>S. fuko</em> sp. nov., <em>S. kalundu</em> sp. nov., <em>S. lubumbashi</em> sp. nov., <em>S. malagassa</em> sp. nov., <em>S. tanganyika</em> sp. nov. and <em>Remysymphyla spinosa</em> sp. nov. SEM micrographs and additional information of the new species and also of <em>Remysymphyla hova</em> Aubry & Masson, 1952,<em> Ribautiella zagnanadina</em> Brölemann, 1926 and <em>R. schoutedeni</em> Hinschberger, 1954 are provided, which contributes to an easier determination of the afrotropical scolopendrellid species. The diagnosis of the genus <em>Remysymphyla</em> is discussed.