THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS SCHENDYLURUS SILVESTRI 1907 OF ARGENTINA, BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY (CHILOPODA GEOPHILOMORPHA SCHENDYLIDAE)

Three new species of Schendylurus Silvestri 1907 are described, i.e. S . coscaroni n. sp, from State of Sao Paulo, Brazil; S. demartini n. sp . from Province of Misiones, Argentina and S. placcii n. sp, from Prov ince of Formosa, Argentina. Seven further species of the same genus ar e redescribed, viz., S. bakeri Chamberlin 1914 (after the holotype); S . demelloi Verhoeff 1938 (after the lectotype and paralectotype); S. f ieldi (Chamberlin 1944) (after the holotype); S. iguapensis Verhoeff 1 938 (after the holotype); S. olivaceus Crabill 1972 (after the holotyp e); S. parahybae (Chamberlin 1914) (after the holotype); S. paulista ( Brolemann 1904) (after the holotype). Additional data on S. demangei P ereira 1981 are given (after the holotype). New material is cited of S . mesopotamicus Pereira 1981 and S. pampeanus (Pereira & Coscaron 1976 ). The new combination S. parahybae (Chamberlin 1914) is presented, th is species originally described under Adenoschendyla Brolemann & Ribau t 1911, being transferred from Pectiniunguis Bollmann 1890. A key is p rovided for the identification of the species of Schendylurus from Arg entina, Brazil and Paraguay.