New cave japygids (Diplura: Japygidae) from North America

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sendra, Alberto, Jiménez-Valverde, Alberto, Selfa, Jesús, Cupello, Mario (2026): New cave japygids (Diplura: Japygidae) from North America. European Journal of Taxonomy 1043: 166-198, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3217, URL: europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3217/14261 Abstract. We studied a significant collection of Japygidae (Diplura) deposited in the Texas A&M University Insect Collection, sampled from several caves in North America, mostly in the early 21 st century by a group of American speleologists.

Among this biological material, a new genus and species, Quapawjapyx osage Sendra gen. et sp. nov., is described from four caves in Arkansas, and a new species, Holjapyx nimiipuu Sendra sp. nov., from five caves in Idaho; both are named in honor of native American tribes. Quapawjapyx osage can be distinguished from Indjapyx, Paurojapyx, and Parindjapyx – which share symmetrical cerci – by the combination of the shape and disposition of the glandular and sensory setae on the first urosternite, together with differences in cercal ornamentation.