Anopsobius

Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2003, A new species of the Gondwanan centipede Anopsobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New South Wales, Australia, Zootaxa 204, pp. 1-15 : 13

Key to species of Anopsobius

1a. Spiracle present on first pedigerous segment.................................................................. .................................................................... macfaydeni Eason, 1993 [ Falkland Islands]

1b. Spiracle lacking on first pedigerous segment................................................................ 2

2a. Leg 14 and 15 prefemur bearing a ventrodistal spur.................................................... 3

2b. Leg 14 and 15 prefemur lacking a ventrodistal spur ..................................................... 6

3a. Leg 15 trochanter lacking ventrodistal spur..................................................................... ...................................................................... productus Silvestri, 1899 [ Chile: Temuco]

3a. Leg 15 trochanter with ventrodistal spur....................................................................... 4

4a. Coxal pores 2,2 on legs 14 and 15 of males.................................................................. 5

4b. Coxal pores 1,1 on legs 14 and 15 of males ................................................................... ....... patagonicus Silvestri, 1909 [ Argentina: Santa Cruz; South Africa: Western Cape]

5a. Dental margin of maxillipede with up to 8+8 teeth; maxillipede pleurite collar with weak median suture; leg 15 basitarsus 6­7 times longer than maximal width ............... .......... neozelanicus Silvestri, 1909 [ New Zealand, Auckland Islands, Chatham Island]

5b. Dental margin of maxillipede usually with 5+5 teeth (maximum 6+6); maxillipede pleurite collar with subtrapezoidal median sclerite; leg 15 basitarsus 3.5­4 times longer than maximal width ....................... wrighti n. sp. [ Australia: New South Wales]

6a. Dental margin of maxillipede with 6+6 teeth and narrow, deep median notch; porodont between two outer teeth.............................. diversus Chamberlin, 1962 [ Chile: Chiloé]

6b. Dental margin of maxillipede with 5+5 teeth and broadly V­shaped median notch; porodont distal to outer tooth ............................... actius Chamberlin, 1962 [ Chile: Chiloé]