identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
4E6387C65F779D47BE61FB761CCBF93C.text	4E6387C65F779D47BE61FB761CCBF93C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scolopocryptops miyosii Jonishi & Nakano 2023	<div><p>Scolopocryptops miyosii sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3BED6271-ED7E-4CAA-8F69-1DC48A68D7E1</p><p>Figs 3–8</p><p>Otocryptops curtus – Miyosi 1961: 180–181; 1971: 734.</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Antenna with sparse minute hairs and short setae on dorsal surface of basal two or three articles, subsequent articles densely setose. Cephalic plate with short lateral marginal sulci in posterior half. Forcipular coxosternite with anterior margin weakly bilobed, bearing darkly sclerotized bands almost reaching outer part, with a pair of small teeth. Coxopleuron approx. 1.5–1.7 × as long as sternite 23; pleural dorsal margin slightly protruding from lateral margin of tergite 23, posterior and ventral margins forming approx. 70–80° angle; coxopleural process short.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name is dedicated to the late Dr Yasunori Miyosi, who first provided detailed taxonomic accounts for this new species.</p><p>We herein suggest a Japanese name for this species as ‘Miyosi-akamukade’.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype JAPAN – Kyushu • ♂; Kagoshima, near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.83961&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.88765" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.83961/lat 31.88765)">Kirishima Mountains</a> (Figs 1, 3A); 31.88765 ° N, 130.83962 ° E; 616 m alt.; 2 Aug. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4375.</p><p>Paratypes JAPAN – Kyushu • 1 ♂; same locality as for holotype; 31.88796° N, 130.84037° E; 626 m alt.; 2 Aug. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4376 • 1 ♀; Kagoshima, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.59943&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.86924" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.59943/lat 31.86924)">Aira</a>; 31.86924° N, 130.59942° E; 364 m alt.; 2 Aug. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4377 .</p><p>Additional material</p><p>JAPAN – Kyushu • 1 subadult; Oita, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.72765&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.93942" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.72765/lat 32.93942)">Saeki</a>; 32.93942 ° N, 131.72764 ° E; 71 m alt.; 20 Jun. 2022; Naoto Sawada leg.; KUZ Z4374 . – Amami Island • 1 subadult; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=129.31998&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.28792" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 129.31998/lat 28.28792)">Uken</a>; 28.28792 ° N, 129.31997° E; 435 m alt.; 13 Mar. 2021; Futaro Okuyama leg.; KUZ Z4378 • 1 subadult; Uken, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=129.3144&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.28962" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 129.3144/lat 28.28962)">Mt. Yuwan-dake</a>; 28.28962° N, 129.31441° E; 506 m alt.; 20 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4379 • 2 subadults; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=129.36188&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.33112" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 129.36188/lat 28.33112)">Yamato</a>; 28.33112° N, 129.36187 ° E; 315 m alt.; 20 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4380, Z4381 • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 28.33104 ° N, 129.36158° E; 314 m alt.; 21 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4382 • 1 subadult; same locality as for preceding; 28.33090 ° N, 129.36163° E; 317 m alt.; 22 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4383 • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 28.33040° N, 129.36076° E; 301 m alt.; 22 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4384 .</p><p>Description of holotype [variation in other specimens given in square brackets]</p><p>Body length 54.4 mm [48.0– 69.1 mm in adults] in 80% ethanol, 60.3 mm [54.6–73.4 mm] before fixation. Body color brownish orange, antennae, legs, and ultimate legs yellowish (Fig. 3B).</p><p>Antennae 10.0 mm in length, approx. 0.18 × [0.16–0.23 ×] as long as body, composed of 17 articles; basal 3 articles with sparse minute hairs (see Bonato et al. 2010) and short setae dorsally, 4 th and subsequent articles densely setose [3 rd article moderately setose, articles 4–17 more densely setose in KUZ Z4377 and Z4382] (Fig. 4A–B). Cephalic plate as long as wide, with sides converging anteriorly (Figs 4C–D, 5A); its surface finely punctate [minute setae on each punctum present in KUZ Z4382 and subadults]; short lateral marginal sulci present in posterior half [marginal sulci significantly longer and more apparent in KUZ Z4377] (Figs 4C–D, 5A).</p><p>Second maxillae article 2 with elongated and semi-transparent dorsal spur distally; dorsal brush without transparent margin (Fig. 5B–C); pretarsus consisting of dark brown basal and semi-transparent short apical parts (Fig. 5B–C). Forcipular coxosternite and trochanteroprefemora sparsely punctate, coxosternite without sutures (Fig. 5D); forcipular trochanteroprefemur with small and blunt black process, with apparent basal suture (Figs 5D, 6); anterior margin of coxosternite weakly convex and divided by median diastema; darkly sclerotized bands almost reaching outer part of anterior margin of coxosternite, with a pair of small but prominent teeth at middle of each side [right tooth absent in KUZ Z4377] (Figs 5D, 6).</p><p>Tergites finely punctate; tergite 1 with anterior transverse suture, anterior margin covered by cephalic plate (Figs 5A, 7A). Paramedian sutures present on tergites 2–22 (Fig. 7A); lateral marginations complete on tergites 6–21 (Fig. 7A).</p><p>Sternites lacking paramedian sutures, finely punctate (Fig. 7B); sternites 3–20 with shallow longitudinal sulcus and slight median depression (Fig. 7B), both shallower and unapparent on anterior sternites. Sides of sternite 23 converging posteriorly, its posterior margin slightly concave (Fig. 7C).</p><p>Spiracles ovoid, present on leg-bearing segments 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22.</p><p>Legs lacking setae; tarsi of legs 1–21 undivided; legs 1–19 [1–20 in KUZ Z4376] with lateral and ventral tibial spurs and tarsal spur, legs 20 and 21, respectively, with tibial spur and tarsal spur [leg 21 without tibial spur in KUZ Z4382]; leg 22 without spurs. All legs with two accessory spines.</p><p>Coxopleuron approx. 1.7 × [1.5–1.7 ×] as long as sternite 23 (Fig. 7D). Dorsal margin of ultimate pleuron slightly protruding from lateral side of tergite 23 (Fig. 7D–E), posterior margin with minute dark spine (Fig. 7D). Posterior and ventral margins of coxopleuron converging posteriorly, forming approx. 80° [70–80] angle (Fig. 7D); coxopleural process short, tip of process pointed, slightly directed dorsally (Fig. 7D). Surface of coxopleuron without setae, covered with various sized coxal pores; coxopleural process and dorso-posterior area of coxopleuron poreless (Fig. 7D).</p><p>Ultimate leg 14.1 mm [13.9–17.3 mm] in length, 0.26 × [0.24–0.3 ×] as long as body; all articles lacking setae (Fig. 8A); prefemur with two conical and pointed spinose processeses, ventral process large, dorso-medial one minute; pretarsus with two short accessory spines.</p><p>Genital segments occupying approx. ½ length of sternite 23. Sternite of genital segment 1 with sparse minute setae; posterior margin weakly convex (Fig. 8B). Sternite of genital segment 2 well developed, covered with sparse minute setae; posterior part of genital segment 2 overlapped by lamina subanalis, penis not visible in ventral view (Fig. 8B); lamina subanalis situated between genital segment 2 and anal valves (Fig. 8B) [in female paratype KUZ Z4377, genital segment 1 as described for holotype, genital segment 2 absent; lamina subanalis situated between genital segment 1 and anal valves] (Fig. 8C).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species has previously been identified as S. curtus (Miyosi 1961, 1971; Ogawa 1961), but S. miyosii sp. nov. can be distinguished by the following characters: the presence of short sulci along the lateral margin of the cephalic plate (Fig. 4C–D) (vs sulci absent in S. curtus), the convex anterior margin of the forcipular coxosternite with teeth (Figs 5D, 6) (vs anterior margin virtually straight with teeth almost reduced, forming antero-lateral corner of sclerotized bands; also see Remarks for S. brevisulcatus sp. nov. below), and the dorsal margin of the ultimate pleuron protruding from the lateral side of tergite 23 (Fig. 7E) (vs dorsal margin flattened) (see Table 3).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Known from Kyushu, and Amami Island in the Ryukyu Islands.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E6387C65F779D47BE61FB761CCBF93C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Jonishi, Taro;Nakano, Takafumi	Jonishi, Taro, Nakano, Takafumi (2023): Two new species of Scolopocryptops centipedes from southern Japan (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 908: 155-182, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2345, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2345/10223
4E6387C65F729D59BE0AF91F1BE0F93C.text	4E6387C65F729D59BE0AF91F1BE0F93C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scolopocryptops brevisulcatus Jonishi & Nakano 2023	<div><p>Scolopocryptops brevisulcatus sp. nov.</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3C9DB52B-2691-4980-B339-1B31E177F10C</p><p>Figs 9–14</p><p>Diagnosis</p><p>Antenna with sparse minute hairs and short setae on dorsal surface of basal four articles, subsequent articles densely setose. Cephalic plate with short and shallow lateral marginal sulci in posterior half. Forcipular coxosternite with anterior margin slightly bilobed but median diastema almost lacking, darkly sclerotized bands not reaching outer part of anterior margin, with a pair of almost-reduced teeth. Coxopleuron approx. 1.6–1.7 × as long as sternite 23; pleural dorsal margin slightly protruding from lateral margin of tergite 23, posterior and ventral margins forming approx. 70–80° angle; coxopleural process short.</p><p>Etymology</p><p>The specific name is derived from the Latin words ‘ brevis ’ (‘short, shallow’) and ‘ sulcus ’ (‘groove’), referring to the unapparent cephalic marginal sulcus of this new species.</p><p>We herein suggest a Japanese name for this species as ‘Kirekomi-akamukade’.</p><p>Material examined</p><p>Holotype JAPAN – Okinawa Island • ♂; Motobu, near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=127.93771&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.63157" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 127.93771/lat 26.63157)">Mt. Katsuu-dake</a> (Figs 1, 9A); 26.63157 ° N, 127.93771 ° E; 311 m alt.; 14 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4390.</p><p>Paratypes JAPAN – Okinawa Island • 1 subadult; Kunigami, near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=128.26617&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.80745" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 128.26617/lat 26.80745)">Mt. Nishime-dake</a>; 26.80745 ° N, 128.26618 ° E; 298 m alt.; 4 May 2021; F. Okuyama leg.; KUZ Z4386 • 1 adult, sex undetermined; same locality as for preceding; 26.81195 ° N, 128.28415 ° E; 107 m alt.; 8 Apr. 2022; F. Okuyama leg; KUZ Z4387 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; KUZ Z4389 • 1 ♂; Kunigami, near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=128.27728&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.8008" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 128.27728/lat 26.8008)">Mt. Nishime-dake</a>; 26.80080 ° N, 128.27728° E; 355 m alt.; 15 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4391 • 1 subadult; Kunigami, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=128.24303&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.75251" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 128.24303/lat 26.75251)">Mt. Fuenchiji</a>; 26.75251 ° N, 128.24303 ° E, 384 m alt.; 16 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4392 .</p><p>Additional material</p><p>JAPAN – Okinawa Island • 1 adult, sex undetermined; same locality as for holotype; 26.63145 ° N, 127.93812 ° E; 291 m alt.; 20 Sep. 2019; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4385 • 1 subadult; same locality as for holotype; 26.63139 ° N, 127.93792° E; 307 m alt.; 14 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4388 • 1 juv.; Ogimi, near <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=128.1343&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.68491" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 128.1343/lat 26.68491)">Mt. Nekumachiji</a>; 26.68491 ° N, 128.13430 ° E; 244 m alt.; 16 Jun. 2022; T. Jonishi leg.; KUZ Z4393 . – Izena Island • 1 ♀; <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=127.92713&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=26.94288" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 127.92713/lat 26.94288)">Mt. Ufu-yama</a>; 26.94288° N, 127.92713° E; 48 m alt.; 8 Nov. 2022; Ryobu Fukuyama leg.; KUZ Z4394 .</p><p>Description of holotype [variation in other specimens given in square brackets]</p><p>Body length 58.0 mm [43.6–59.1 mm in adults] in 80% ethanol, 64.0 mm before fixation. Body color brownish red [brownish orange]; antennae, legs, and ultimate legs yellowish (Fig. 9B).</p><p>Antennae damaged, 13 th and subsequent articles lost [9.9 mm in length, approx. 0.2 × as long as body, composed of 17 articles in paratype KUZ Z4391]; density of setae increasing toward distal articles; basal 4 articles with sparse minute hairs (see Bonato et al. 2010) and short setae dorsally, 5 th and subsequent articles setose, 6 th –17 th articles more densely covered with setae [basal 2 articles sparsely setose, 3 rd and subsequent articles densely covered with setae in juvenile KUZ Z4393; 4 th article moderately setose, 5 th –17 th articles more densely covered with setae in subadults] (Fig. 10A). Cephalic plate as long as wide, sides converging anteriorly (Figs 10B, 11A); its surface finely punctate [minute setae on each punctum present in juvenile and subadults]; short and shallow lateral marginal sulci present in posterior half [marginal sulci absent in juvenile and subadults] (Figs 10B, 11A).</p><p>Second maxillae article 2 with elongated and semi-transparent dorsal spur distally; dorsal brush without transparent margin (Fig. 11B–C); pretarsus consisting of dark brown basal and semi-transparent short apical parts (Fig. 11B–C). Forcipular coxosternite and trochanteroprefemora sparsely punctate, coxosternite without sutures (Fig. 11D); forcipular trochanteroprefemur with small and blunt black process, with apparent basal suture (Figs 11D, 12); anterior margin of coxosternite almost straight and slightly bilobed but median diastema almost lacking; darkly sclerotized bands not reaching outer part of anterior margin of coxosternite; a pair of teeth almost reduced, forming antero-lateral corner of sclerotized bands [teeth on anterior margin prominent in juvenile and subadults] (Figs 11D–E, 12).</p><p>Tergites finely punctate; tergite 1 with anterior transverse suture, anterior margin covered by cephalic plate (Figs 11A, 13A). Paramedian sutures present on tergites 2–22, lateral marginations complete on tergites 6–21 (Fig. 13A).</p><p>Sternites lacking paramedian sutures, finely punctate (Fig. 13B); sternites 2–20 with shallow longitudinal sulcus and slight median depression (Fig. 13B), both shallower and unapparent on anterior sternites. Sternite 23 damaged, right posterior margin lost [sides of sternite 23 converging posteriorly, posterior margin slightly concave in paratype KUZ Z4387 and other specimens] (Fig. 13C).</p><p>Spiracles ovoid, present on leg-bearing segments 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22.</p><p>Legs lacking setae; tarsi of legs 1–21 undivided; legs 1–19 with lateral and ventral tibial spurs and tarsal spur, legs 20 and 21, respectively, with tibial spur and tarsal spur; leg 22 without spurs. All legs with two accessory spines.</p><p>Coxopleuron approx. 1.7 × [1.6–1.7 ×] as long as sternite 23 (Fig. 13D). Dorsal margin of ultimate pleuron slightly protruding from lateral side of tergite 23 (Fig. 13D–E), posterior margin with minute dark spine (Fig. 13D). Posterior and ventral margins of coxopleuron converging posteriorly, forming approx. 70° [70–80°] angle (Fig. 13D); coxopleural process short, tip of process broken [tip of process pointed, slightly directed dorsally in KUZ Z4387] (Fig. 13D). Surface of coxopleuron without setae, covered with coxal pores of various size; coxopleural process and dorso-posterior area of coxopleuron poreless (Fig. 13D).</p><p>Ultimate leg 15.3 mm in length, 0.26 × as long as body; all articles lacking setae (Fig. 14A); prefemur with two conical and pointed spinose processes, ventral process large, dorso-medial one minute; pretarsus with two accessory spines.</p><p>Genital segments occupying approx. ½ length of sternite 23. Sternite of genital segment 1 with sparse minute setae; posterior margin weakly convex (Fig. 14B). Sternite of genital segment 2 well developed, covered with sparse minute setae; posterior part of genital segment 2 overlapped by anal valves, penis not visible in ventral view (Fig. 14B); lamina subanalis situated between genital segment 2 and anal valves (Fig. 14B) [in female paratype KUZ Z4389, genital segment 1 as described for holotype, genital segment 2 absent; lamina subanalis situated between genital segment 1 and anal valves] (Fig. 14C).</p><p>Remarks</p><p>This species has previously been identified as S. elegans (e.g., Ômine 1987, 2002) and S. curtus (Omine &amp; Ito 1998) and is quite similar to S. miyosii sp. nov. (see above). However, S. brevisulcatus sp. nov. can be distinguished by the combination of the following features: basal 4 antennal articles of adults with sparse setae (Fig. 10A) (vs only basalmost article sparsely setose or all articles densely setose in S. elegans, and basal 2 or 3 articles with sparse setae in S. miyosii), the presence of short sulci along the lateral margin of the cephalic plate in adults (Fig. 10B) (vs sulci absent in S. curtus), the anterior margin of coxosternite almost lacking median diastema (Figs 11D, 12A) (vs median diastema apparent in S. elegans, S. miyosii, and S. curtus), the sclerotized bands of coxosternite not reaching outer part of anterior margin (Figs 11D, 12A) (vs sclerotized bands almost reaching outer part in S. elegans and S. miyosii), the almost-reduced teeth on coxosternite (Figs 11D, 12A) (vs teeth prominent in S. miyosii), the dorsal margin of the ultimate pleuron protruding from the lateral margin of tergite 23 (Fig. 13E) (vs dorsal margin flattened in S. curtus) and the short coxopleural process (Fig. 13D) (vs the process moderately long in S. elegans) (see Table 3).</p><p>Distribution</p><p>Known from Okinawa Island and its adjacent islet (Izena Island), Ryukyu Islands.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E6387C65F729D59BE0AF91F1BE0F93C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Jonishi, Taro;Nakano, Takafumi	Jonishi, Taro, Nakano, Takafumi (2023): Two new species of Scolopocryptops centipedes from southern Japan (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 908: 155-182, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2345, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2345/10223
