ON THE TAXONOMIC STATUS OF THINDYIA CHAMBERLIN, 1955, A GENUS OF PERUVIAN CENTIPEDS WITH REMARKABLE STERNAL MODIFICATION (GEOPHILOMORPHA: SCHENDYLIDAE)

Thindyla, a monotypic genus based upon T. pacifiaJ Chamberlin, 1955, from the coast of Peru, is removed from synonymy under the polyphyletic genus Pectiniunguis on the basis of a deep, large, cylindrical cavity in the sterna of several anterior body segments, not approximated in any other known geophilo­ morph. Synonymy of pacifiaJ with litoralis Kraus, 1954, is confirmed, and the species redescribed and figured in detail from type material of...