Philacroterium brevipes ( Verhoeff, 1938 ) Calvanese & Brescovit & Bonato, 2019

Calvanese, Victor C., Brescovit, Antonio D. & Bonato, Lucio, 2019, Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily, Zootaxa 4698 (1), pp. 1-72 : 47

Philacroterium brevipes ( Verhoeff, 1938) new combination

( Figs 3D , 41L , 44I , 46A )

Aphilodon brevipes Verhoeff 1938: 185 , fig. 4.

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu - Natal: Nkandla Forest , 01/1937, 1♀ ( KZN 930 ) [holotype]; 5♀ and 2♂ ( KZN 1022 ) [paratypes] .

Figures

FIGURE 3. A–D, Aphilodontinae habitus, dorsal: A, Aphilodon silvestrii n. sp. (IBSP 3665); B, Mecophilus neotropicus Silvestri, 1909 (MNHG); C, Mairata itatiaiensis n. sp. (IBSP 6178); D, Philacroterium brevipes (Verhoeff, 1938) n. comb. (KZN 5033). Scale bars: 1 mm (A–D).

FIGURE 41. A–L, forcipular segment, ventral: A, Dicellophilus carniolensis (Koch, 1847) (PD); B, Hyphydrophilus adisi Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1994 (PD); C, Macronicophilus abbreviatus Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2000 (INPA); D, Strigamia crassipes (Koch, 1835) (PD); E, Henia vesuviana (Newport, 1844) (PD); F, Geoperingueyia dentata Verhoeff, 1938 (MNRJ); G, Mairata itatiaiensis n. sp. (IBSP); H, Mecophilus neotropicus Silvestri, 1909 (MSNG); I, Aphilodon micronyx Brölemann, 1902 (IBSP); J, Aphilodon silvestrii n. sp. (IBSP); K, Philacroterium cribellatum Attems, 1926 (SAM); L, Philacroterium brevipes (Verhoeff, 1938) n. comb. (KZN). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A–L).

FIGURE 44. A–P, ultimate leg-bearing segment, ventral: A, Dicellophilus carniolensis (Koch, 1847) (PD), male; B, Pachymerium ferrugineum (Koch, 1835) (PD), female; C, Macronicophilus abbreviatus Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2000 (INPA), male; D, Henia vesuviana (Newport, 1844) (PD), male; E, Strigamia crassipes (Koch, 1835) (PD), male; F, Geoperingueyia dentata Verhoeff, 1938 (MNRJ), female; G, Geoperingueyia dentata Verhoeff, 1938 (MNRJ), male; H, Philacroterium maritimum (Lawrence, 1963) n. comb (KZN), female; I, Philacroterium brevipes (Verhoeff, 1938) n. comb. (KZN), male; J, Philacroterium cribellatum Attems, 1926 (NHMW), male, (photo by N.Akkari); K, Mecophilus tupiniquim n. sp. (IBSP), female; L, Mecophilus tupiniquim n. sp. (IBSP), male; M, Mairata itatiaiensis n. sp. (IBSP), female; N, Mairata itatiaiensis n. sp. (IBSP), male; O, Aphilodon micronyx Brölemann, 1902 (IBSP), female; P, Aphilodon pereirai n. sp. (IBSP), male. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A–P).

FIGURE 46. A–D, tip of ultimate legs, lateral: A, Philacroterium brevipes (Verhoeff, 1938) n. comb (KZN), male; B, Philacroterium weberi (Silvestri, 1909) n. comb. (KZN), female; C, Aphilodon pereirai n. sp. (IBSP), male; D, Mairata butantan n. sp. (IBSP), male. Abbreviations: PT: pretarsus; SE: setae; TS: terminal spine. Scale bars: 0.02 mm (A–D).