Pectiniunguis Explained
Pectiniunguis is a genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae. This genus was described by American naturalist Charles Harvey Bollman in 1889.[1] Centipedes in this genus feature second maxillae with claws fringed by two rows of filaments, transversally elliptical sternal pore-fields on almost all trunk segments, two pores on each coxopleuron, and ultimate legs without claws. These centipedes range from 16 mm to 67 mm in length, have 35 to 73 pairs of legs, and are found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Fiji, and west Africa.[2] [3] The African species Pectiniunguis minutus is notable not only for being the smallest (no more than 16 mm in length) in this genus but also for having as few as 35 leg pairs (35 in males, 37 or 39 in females), the minimum number in this genus.[4] The Brazilian species P. ducalis is notable not only for being the largest in this genus (up to 67 mm in length) but also for having as many as 73 leg pairs (63 to 71 in males, 65 to 73 in females), the maximum number in this genus.
Species
There are about 24 valid species:[1]
- Pectiniunguis aequatorialis Pereira, 2018
- Pectiniunguis albemarlensis Chamberlin, 1914
- Pectiniunguis americanus Bollman, 1889
- Pectiniunguis amphibius Chamberlin, 1923
- Pectiniunguis argentinensis Pereira & Coscarón, 1975
- Pectiniunguis ascendens Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1994
- Pectiniunguis bolbonyx (Brölemann & Ribaut, 1912)
- Pectiniunguis bollmani Pereira, Minelli & Foddai, 1999
- Pectiniunguis catalinensis Chamberlin, 1941
- Pectiniunguis chazaliei (Brölemann, 1900)
- Pectiniunguis ducalis Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1995
- Pectiniunguis fijiensis (Chamberlin, 1920)
- Pectiniunguis gaigei (Chamberlin, 1921)
- Pectiniunguis geayi (Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911)
- Pectiniunguis halirrhytus Crabill, 1959
- Pectiniunguis imperfossus (Brölemann, 1902)
- Pectiniunguis insulanus Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911
- Pectiniunguis krausi Shear & Peck, 1992
- Pectiniunguis minutus (Demange, 1968)
- Pectiniunguis nesiotes Chamberlin, 1923
- Pectiniunguis pauperatus Silvestri, 1907
- Pectiniunguis pectinatus (Attems, 1934)
- Pectiniunguis plusiodontus Attems, 1903
- Pectiniunguis roigi Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2001
Notes and References
- Web site: Bonato L. . Chagas Junior A. . Edgecombe G.D. . Lewis J.G.E. . Minelli A. . Pereira L.A. . Shelley R.M. . Stoev P. . Zapparoli M. . 2016 . ChiloBase 2.0 . A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) . Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. 3 April 2023.
- Book: Bonato . Lucio . The Myriapoda. Volume 1 . Edgecombe . Gregory D. . Zapparoli . Marzio . Brill . 2011 . 978-90-04-18826-6 . Minelli . Alessandro . Leiden . 363–443 . Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview . 812207443.
- Pereira . Luis Alberto . 2010-01-01 . Redescription of Pectiniunguis gaigei (Chamberlin, 1921) from Guyana, with new distributional data and complementary descriptive notes on similar neotropical species (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) . Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . pt . 50 . 20 . 297–321 . 10.1590/S0031-10492010002000001 . 1807-0205. free .
- Pereira . Luis Alberto . 2011 . A further contribution to the knowledge of Pectiniunguis minutus (Demange, 1968), a little known dwarf schendylid centipede from western equatorial Africa (Chilopoda: geophilomorpha) . Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . en . 51 . 307–323 . 10.1590/S0031-10492011002000001 . 0031-1049. free . 11336/97787 . free .
