. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Some South African Machilidae (Thysanura). 173 subapical chitinous hook which is almost straight and simple, in female simple, joint III in both sexes simple, joint IV in male sub- apically dilated with a bunch of strong scale-like setae (fig. 1). Labial palpi as in fig. 1. Thorax only slightly arched. Coxae of legs II and III with normally developed stylets, tibiae not unduly spined. Abdomen : tergites as' in malagassus Silv., exsertile vesicles on sternites I to VII. 1 2. Fig. 1.—Machiloides silves
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Some South African Machilidae (Thysanura). 173 subapical chitinous hook which is almost straight and simple, in female simple, joint III in both sexes simple, joint IV in male sub- apically dilated with a bunch of strong scale-like setae (fig. 1). Labial palpi as in fig. 1. Thorax only slightly arched. Coxae of legs II and III with normally developed stylets, tibiae not unduly spined. Abdomen : tergites as' in malagassus Silv., exsertile vesicles on sternites I to VII. 1 2. Fig. 1.—Machiloides silvestri n. sp. : 1, eyes and paired ocelli, front view ; 2, eye and one ocellus from side ; 3, basal joints of antennae ; 4, maxillary palpi of female ; 5, maxillary palpi of male, joints IT to IV ; 6, labial palpi; 7, leg III; 8, 4th sternite ; 9, 7th sternite ; 10, penis. Penis short, gonapophyses absent in male. Ovipositor long, annulated, reaching tips of lateral cerci. Lengths: Body 9-10 mm., antennae 13 mm., median cercus 13 mm., lateral cerci 4 mm. Habitat.—On the surface of granite boulders on the lower slopes of the mountains along the coast. Localities.—Co-types : Fish Hoek, , 23/8/30 ; Hout Bay, , 9/8/30 ; Camps Bay, , 10/8/30 ; Kloof Nek, , 31/8/30. This species is intermediate in many respects to the two other South African species of Machiloides. In the shape of the eyes it approaches spinipes, but the maxillary palpi in the male are more like those of malagassus, excepting the presence of the setae on the vol. xxx, part 2. 12. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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