一种来自琉球群岛和台湾的新两栖类马陆属物种（马陆目，蜈蚣科），该属由林奈于1758年建立。

A new amphibious species of the genus emScolopendra/em Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan.

作者信息

Tsukamoto Sho, Hiruta Shimpei F, Eguchi Katsuyuki, Liao Jhih-Rong, Shimano Satoshi

机构信息

Systematic Zoology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-osawa 1-1 Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0397 Japan.

出版信息

Zootaxa. 2021 Apr 12;4952(3):zootaxa.4952.3.3. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.3.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4952.3.3

PMID:33903355

Abstract

In Japan and Taiwan, five valid species of the genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 have been described: S. morsitans Linnaeus, 1758, S. subspinipes Leach, 1816, S. mutilans Koch, 1878, S. japonica Koch, 1878, and S. multidens Newport, 1844. Recently, an undetermined species was found in the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan. Using molecular phylogenetic analyses with mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA and nuclear 28S rRNA and 18S rRNA genes as well as conventional morphological examination, we successfully discriminated this sixth species as an independent lineage from S. subspinipes, S. mutilans, and other named congeners from East and Southeast Asia. Therefore, the species was described as S. alcyona Tsukamoto Shimano, sp. nov. Several situational evidences suggest that this species prefers streamside environments and exhibits amphibious behavior.

摘要

在日本和台湾，已描述了1758年林奈所定的蜈蚣属的5个有效物种：1758年的少棘蜈蚣、1816年的哈氏蜈蚣、1878年的模棘蜈蚣、1878年的日本蜈蚣以及1844年的多棘蜈蚣。最近，在琉球群岛和台湾发现了一个未确定的物种。通过使用线粒体COI和16S rRNA以及核28S rRNA和18S rRNA基因进行分子系统发育分析以及传统形态学检查，我们成功地将这个第六个物种与少棘蜈蚣、模棘蜈蚣以及来自东亚和东南亚的其他已知同属物种区分开来，确定其为一个独立的谱系。因此，该物种被描述为新种琉球蜈蚣。一些现场证据表明，该物种偏好溪边环境并表现出两栖行为。