Kaplin V.G. 2025. A new species of silverfish of the genus Sceletolepisma Wygodz., 1955 (Zygentoma, Lepismatidae) from the Southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.24. No.2: 61–66 [in English].
All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo Shosse 3, Saint Petersburg, Pushkin 196608 Russia. E-mail: ctenolepisma@mail.ru https//orcid org//0000-0002-3414-6759
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.24.02.01
ABSTRACT. A new species of Sceletolepisma nazwanum Kaplin, sp.n. from the Sultanate of Oman on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula is described and illustrated. The species is related to similar species, namely S. omanicum Kaplin, 2024, S. sagartianum Molero et al., 2015, S. maroccanum Mendes, 1980, S. africanellum Wygodz., 1955; S. weberi Esch., 1905 and S. kervillei Silv., 1911 from the Republic of South Africa, Morocco, Syria, Iran and Oman, differing in body length, chaetotaxy of thoracic and abdominal sternites, the shape of urotergite X. The main distinctive features of the new species include the shape and chaetotaxy of the prosternum, the shape of urotergite X and the apical palpomere of the labial palps.
KEY WORDS: Africa, Western Asia, Oman, new taxon, distribution, desert landscapes.