Taxonomic Notes onMesoperipatus tholloni(Onychophora: Peripatidae), an Elusive Velvet Worm from Gabon

Autor:	Gonzalo Giribet, Cristiano Sampaio Costa
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	0106 biological sciences Velvet worm biology Velvet 010607 zoology Zoology General Medicine biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Mesoperipatus Peripatopsidae Taxonomy (biology) Onychophora Peripatidae
Zdroj:	Breviora. 552:1-10
ISSN:	1938-2979 0006-9698
DOI:	10.3099/mcz30.1
Popis:	The velvet worm Mesoperipatus tholloni (Bouvier, 1898) is among the least understood of the velvet worms, the only species in the genus Mesoperipatus Evans, 1901, and the only African Peripatidae. Despite its biogeographic and phylogenetic uniqueness, originally thought to be an intermediate between Peripatidae and Peripatopsidae, little work has been published since its original treatment in a series of papers in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Here, we provide a redescription of this species based on new material collected during a 2009 Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) expedition to Gabon and examination of historical material from the original collections lodged at the MCZ and the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo (MZUSP). We also provide the first scanning electron micrographs of this species.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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