An undescribed species of velvet worm from Chiapas, Mexico (Onychophora: Peripatidae)

 

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Autores: Toledo-Matus, Xocoyotzin, Rivera-Velázquez, Gustavo, Monge-Nájera, Julián, Morera-Brenes, Bernal
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2018
Descripción:Onychophoran worms are considered "living fossils" because their basic body structure has changed little in 500 million years. Only two species have been properly recorded from Mexico: Macroperipatus perrieri from Veracruz, and Oroperipatus eisenii from Nayarit. Here we report an undescribed species of Oroperipatus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. Males, which are rarer, smaller and reddish than females, are 3-4cm long and have 24-25 leg pairs (N=6). Females are 4-7,5cm long and have 28-29 pairs (N=19). We propose the common name "Tuxtla Brownish Purple Velvet Worm" to help study and protect the species until it receives formal description. This new record expands the known distribution of the phylum in Mexico from the evergreen forest of Veracruz to the deciduous forest of Tuxtla (400Km).
País:Portal de Revistas UNED
Institución:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/2025
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/2025
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Palabra clave:extension of geographic range
new locality
new undescribed species
velvet worm
urban onychophorans.
extensión del ámbito geográfico
nueva localidad
nuevas especies no descritas
gusano de terciopelo
onicóforos urbanos