The first cave-dwelling centipede from southern China

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November 13, 2018

Chinese scientists recorded the first cave-dwelling centipede known so far from southern China. To the amazement of the team, the specimens collected during a survey in the Gaofeng village, Guizhou Province, did not only represent a species that had been successfully hiding away from biologists in the subterranean darkness, but it also turned out to […]

Two new species of stone centipedes found hiding in larch forests in China

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Tagged biodiversity, biogeography, centipedes, Chilopoda, China, fauna, Hengshui University, International Congress of Myriapodology, larch forests, leaf litter, Lithobiidae, Lithobiomorpha, Myriapoda, new species, systematics, taxonomy, ThailandLeave a comment

March 8, 2018

Scientists described two species of previously unknown stone centipedes from China. Now housed at the Hengshui University, China, where all members of the team work, the studied specimens were all collected in the leaf litter or under rocks in larch forests. Having conducted their research across China, researchers Dr Sujian Pei, Yanmin Lu, Haipeng Liu, Dr […]