Three new species of the soil centipede genus Californiphilus (Geophilomorpha, Himantariidae) from central and southwest China

2026/07/07 by Chenlu Yang, Chunxue You, Chao Jiang · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy #Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/bdj.14.e199879

openalex publication_date 2026/07/07 · openalex created_date 2026/07/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/18

Abstract

Three new species of the soil centipede genus Californiphilus Verhoeff, 1938 (Geophilomorpha, Himantariidae) are described from central and southwest China: C. cryptoporus Yang, You & Jiang, sp. nov . from Jiangxi Province, C. hubeiensis Yang, You & Jiang, sp. nov . from Hubei and C. nanus Yang, You & Jiang, sp. nov . from Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing. Detailed morphological descriptions, illustrations and a key to the species of the genus are provided. In this study, three new species of Californiphilus are described from central and southern China. This contribution increases the documented diversity of the genus in China and provides new morphological data.

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