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Show 59 accompanied by the complete disappearance of the tergum of the seventh somite, either by fusion with that of the eighth or by excalation and by the evanescence of the tergites of the sec ond, fourth, sixth , ninth , eleventh and thirteenth pedigerous somites. The preantennal area of ' the head is not large and compound. The maxillae are long, spiny and composed of 5 seg are long and have a the palpognaths sensory organ; ments, like the primitive chilopod leg, and the toxicognaths have their basal segments disunited and independently movable. Gonopods duplicated in the male. This subclass contains the single order Scutigerida and the family Scutigeridae. reflexed inferiorly and the eyes strongly are Scutigerida Chamberlin Family Scutigeridae Verhoeff 1904 Family Scutigeridae Verhoeff, Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde, p. 256. Three genera and three species were found in the Philippine Islands. Order Key to Genera and Species of Scutigeridae 1a. Legs 6-14 with two spines on the first tarsus; tergites with spines; legs 1-9 with papillae, legs 10 to 14 without papillae; on the tarsus of the anterior legs with joints large papillae of equal size alternate with joints without papillae Oli:ve green, Genus Scutigera. border of the dark posterior tergites narrowly margined; spiracles very small, blackish, lateral borders of the tergites setose Scutigera melanostoma All legs without tarsal spines; tergites with hairs between the stouter spines and bristles; (the sides of the basal joints of the syntelopodite of the female gonopod are parallel; the sinus between the terminal branches is narrowly tarsal •.. . lb. . . . • . . elliptical) 2a. . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . The surface of the last 2 gites beset spines . . . Dorsum of with . . . . . . . somewhat . . . . . . . . . . . ... '. . . . . • . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 2 and the lateral border of the last three ter tergites spine-bristles, the spines; . . • . . . • . . . . . . if present, not longer Genus Allothereua brown . . . than the • . . • . . . •.• not definitely annulate; color; legs paler, joints of the proximal part of antennae mostly somewhat wider than long, with joints which are obviously longer than wide interpolated at intervals; first division composed of 111 joints Allothereua manila The last tergites with numerous spine-bristles; the spines, if present, at most half as long as the spine bristles Genus Parascutigera Dorsum fulvous of green tinge, with three longitudinal dark green stripes, legs greenish, narrowly annulate with ferruginous; Parascutigera philippina a uneven ..•.•..................... 2b. ...........•.•..... 15. Genus Scutigera Scutigera, Phalaena Noctua IV Generotype: Scutigera coleoptrata Linne Lamarck 1792 42. Scutigera melanostoma 1886 Scutigera melanostoma Haase, Abh. Los u. Haase Ber. Mus. Dresden, no. 5, p. 27, plate 1, fig. Manila. Locality: Banos; Type: P. I. No. 526, male Length 9.5 mm.; eyes with 235 facets; legs and antennae dropped. 16. Genus Allothereua Verhoeff 1905 Allothereua Verhoeff, Zool. Anz. 29, p. 101. Generotype: Allothereua maculata (Wood) F 43. 1944 Allothereua manila Locality: Los Banos (C. Allothereua manila Chamberlin Chamberlin, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zoology, vol. 28, p. 216. F. Baker); Negros (Dec. 20, 1929, no collector's name). 30. |
