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SUBMITTER: Stoev P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4523767 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stoev Pavel P Akkari Nesrine N Komerički Ana A Edgecombe Gregory D GD Bonato Lucio L
ZooKeys 20150630 510
A new geophilomorph centipede, Geophilushadesi sp. n., is described from caves in the Velebit Mountain, central Croatia. Together with Geophiluspersephones Foddai & Minelli, 1999, described from Pierre Saint-Martin cave in France, they are the only two remarkably troglomorphic geophilomorphs hitherto known. The new species apparently belongs to a group of Geophilus species inhabiting mainly Western and Southern Europe, with a uniquely modified pretarsus in the second maxillae. Geophilushadesi sp ...[more]