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
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:Repositorio UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/26715
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/26715
https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v10i1.2025
Palabra clave:EXTENSION OF GEOGRAPHIC RANGE
NEW LOCALITY
NEW UNDESCRIBED SPECIES
GUSANO DE TERCIOPELO
ONICÓFOROS URBANOS