A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)

Abstract. Arrupakiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. n. is described from a limestone cave, Kagekiyo-ana, in Akiyoshi-dai, one of the largest karst regions in Japan, Yamaguchi prefecture. It is distinguishable from 14 valid named congeners by some unique characteristics including entire areolat...

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Autores principales: Tsukamoto, Sho, Shimano, Satoshi, Murakami, Takashi, Hiruta, Shimpei F., Yamasaki, Takeshi, Eguchi, Katsuyuki
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30918440
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.830.33060
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author Tsukamoto, Sho
Shimano, Satoshi
Murakami, Takashi
Hiruta, Shimpei F.
Yamasaki, Takeshi
Eguchi, Katsuyuki
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Shimano, Satoshi
Murakami, Takashi
Hiruta, Shimpei F.
Yamasaki, Takeshi
Eguchi, Katsuyuki
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description Abstract. Arrupakiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. n. is described from a limestone cave, Kagekiyo-ana, in Akiyoshi-dai, one of the largest karst regions in Japan, Yamaguchi prefecture. It is distinguishable from 14 valid named congeners by some unique characteristics including entire areolation on the cephalic pleurite, elongation of distal part of female gonopod, and a tubercle on forcipular segment II. In addition, the 18S rRNA gene sequences of A.akiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. n. and A.ishiianus, one of the most morphologically similar species, differed by four bp out of 1821 bp. The fact that only troglobionts and troglophilic species are found in the collection site suggests that this new species might be a cave-dweller.
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spelling pubmed-64287822019-03-27 A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae) Tsukamoto, Sho Shimano, Satoshi Murakami, Takashi Hiruta, Shimpei F. Yamasaki, Takeshi Eguchi, Katsuyuki Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Arrupakiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. n. is described from a limestone cave, Kagekiyo-ana, in Akiyoshi-dai, one of the largest karst regions in Japan, Yamaguchi prefecture. It is distinguishable from 14 valid named congeners by some unique characteristics including entire areolation on the cephalic pleurite, elongation of distal part of female gonopod, and a tubercle on forcipular segment II. In addition, the 18S rRNA gene sequences of A.akiyoshiensis Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. n. and A.ishiianus, one of the most morphologically similar species, differed by four bp out of 1821 bp. The fact that only troglobionts and troglophilic species are found in the collection site suggests that this new species might be a cave-dweller. Pensoft Publishers 2019-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6428782/ /pubmed/30918440 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.830.33060 Text en Sho Tsukamoto, Satoshi Shimano, Takashi Murakami, Shimpei F. Hiruta, Takeshi Yamasaki, Katsuyuki Eguchi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Tsukamoto, Sho
Shimano, Satoshi
Murakami, Takashi
Hiruta, Shimpei F.
Yamasaki, Takeshi
Eguchi, Katsuyuki
A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)
title A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)
title_full A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)
title_fullStr A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)
title_full_unstemmed A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)
title_short A new species of the genus Arrup from a limestone cave in Akiyoshi-dai, Western Japan (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)
title_sort new species of the genus arrup from a limestone cave in akiyoshi-dai, western japan (chilopoda, geophilomorpha, mecistocephalidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30918440
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.830.33060
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