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Issue: Vol. 2615 No. 1: 17 Sep. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-09-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2615.1.2
Page range: 23–46
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The millipede family Diplomaragnidae in Taiwan, with descriptions of nine new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida)

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt Stoletiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia
Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-Hai Road, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan, ROC
Myriapoda Millipede diplomaragnid new species taxonomy key Taiwan

Abstract

Diplomaragnidae are currently represented in Taiwan by twelve species in two genera. Nine species are described here as new to science: Tokyosoma serratum sp. nov., Tokyosoma taroko sp. nov., Tokyosoma fanfan sp. nov., Tokyosoma lobatum sp. nov., Tokyosoma bifurcatum sp. nov., Tokyosoma breviprocessum sp. nov., Tokyosoma distinctum sp. nov., Tokyosoma spinifer sp. nov., and Tokyosoma cornutum sp. nov. Two older species remain dubious as elements of the Taiwanese fauna. Eleven diplomaragnids seem to be endemic to Taiwan. The following new combination is proposed: Diplomaragna australis Shear, 1999 = Tokyosoma australe (Shear, 1999), comb. nov. A key is given to all Diplomaragnidae presently known from Taiwan, and the distributions of Taiwanese Tokyosoma species are mapped and discussed. The distinguishing characters of the genus Tokyosoma, as well as variation in T. australe are discussed.

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