Variation in three centipede species of the genus Otostigmus and its bearing on species discrimination (Chilopoda; Scolopendromorpha; Scolopendridae)

Authors
Lewis, JGE
Citation
Jge. Lewis, Variation in three centipede species of the genus Otostigmus and its bearing on species discrimination (Chilopoda; Scolopendromorpha; Scolopendridae), J NAT HIST, 34(3), 2000, pp. 433-448
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
ISSN journal
00222933 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
433 - 448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2933(200003)34:3<433:VITCSO>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Individual variation in populations of three species of the scolopendromorp h centipede genus Otostigmus subgenus Otostigmus (O. spinicaudus (Newport, 1844), O, politus Karsch, 1881 and O, astenus (Kohlrausch, 1881)) is descri bed and the reliability of their characters and those of other members of t he subgenus is discussed.