Scolopendrelloides dolosa ( Ribaut 1914 ) Ribaut, 1914

Camacho, Miguel Domínguez, 2010, New insights on the genus Scolopendrelloides Bagnall 1913 (Scutigerellidae, Symphyla) with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 2558, pp. 48-60 : 54

Scolopendrelloides dolosa ( Ribaut 1914) , new combination

Hanseniella dolosa Ribaut 1914 : pag. 43, figs. 10–20.

Material examined. 1 paratype from Kenya MNHN K27.

Length 1.3 mm.

The observed specimen was pretty damaged and wrinkled. However, it was possible to observe some interesting features. The head is distinctly heart-shaped and somewhat flattened laterally ( Fig. 4 A, C). That the central rod is complete until the posterior end of the head, where it seem to form a triangular area. The transversal fold of the head seems to be the lateral branches of the central rod. Only the exterior opening of the Tömösváry’s organ is visible ( Fig. 4 C, arrow). The tergites are emarginated posteriorly, with small tips, not visible in all tergites ( Fig. 4 A, B). Lateral machrochaetae are present on all tergites and the presence of a single pair in the penultimate one is characteristic of this species ( Fig. 4 D). Cuticle of tergites glabrous. Cerci conical, with straight angles and a moderate number of setae ( Fig. 4 D). The trichobothria’s pit do not present conspicuous setae.

Figures

FIGURE 4. SEM micrographs of Scolopendrelloides dolosa (Ribaut 1914) new combination, paratype MNHN K 27. A, head and tergites 1 and 2; B, tergites 3 – 5; C, lateral view of the head, on which the exterior opening of the Tömösváry organ is visible (arrow); D, tergites 14 and 15, cerci and trichobothria.