Mendeschilis a new genus of Microcoryphia (Insecta, Apterygota, Machilidae) from Spain

A new species and genus of Microcoryphia is described as a result of the de tailed comparison of specimens from Italy and Spain which had been initiall y identified as Praemachilis excelsior. The new genus, named Mendeschilis h as as its most important distinctive taxonomic characteristic the presence, in the male, of parameres in the VIIIth and IXth urosternites, while Praem achilis (from Italy) has only one pair of parameres in the IXth urosternite . Other anatomical characteristics which allow us to differentiate the new genus and the new species are described.