title: Lithobius (Ezembius) multispinipes n. sp., a new species of centipede from NorthWest China (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae).
abstract: The centipede subgenus Lithobius (Ezembius) Chamberlin, 1919 comprises a group of about 60 species known from the Near East across Siberia and Central Asia to China, and Japan, and Southwards into the Northern Indian subcontinent and the Northern part of the Oriental region (Eason 1992, Zapparoli 1999). It is also known from Alaska in Western North America (Zapparoli & Edgecombe 2011). Although the subgenus was formally proposed as new and described in 1923 (Chamberlin 1923), according to Jeekel (2005) its name had been already validated in 1919 (Chamberlin 1919). Ezembius is characterized by the presence of 2+2 or 3+3 coxosternal teeth, antennal articles fixed at 20 or thereabouts, tergites generally without posterior triangular projections and tarsal articulation of legs 1-13 distinct (Chamberlin 1923, Zapparoli & Edgecombe 2011).
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Hengshui University, Hengshui, Hebei 053000, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Sujian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Hengshui University, Hengshui, Hebei 053000, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Yanmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Hengshui University, Hengshui, Hebei 053000, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Haipeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Hengshui University, Hengshui, Hebei 053000, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Xiaojie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: Corresponding author, Scientific Research Office, Hengshui University, Hengshui, Hebei 053000, P. R. China.; Email: mhq008@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Huiqin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via San Camillo De Lellis s.n.c., 01100 Vite Huiqin rbo, Italy; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Marzio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zapparoli
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D049628:Body Size; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D012800:Siberia