Kashmeera N.A.*, Sureshan P.M. 2024. Description of a new species of the genus Otostigmus (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) from India // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.33. No.4: 449–452 [in English].
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
Neisseril Anirudhan Kashmeera dr.kashmeerana@zsi.gov.in https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9515-7400
Pavittu Meethal Sureshan pmsuresh43@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-6368
* Corresponding author
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.33.4.03
ABSTRACT. A new species of genus Otostigmus is recorded from India: Otostigmus (s.str.) coorgensis sp.n. A detailed description, diagnostic features and photographs are given. A table comparing the taxonomic characters of Otostigmus species reported so far from India is also provided
KEY WORDS: centipede, taxonomy, species diversity, Karnataka, India.