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Issue: Vol. 1354 No. 1: 9 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1354.1.2
Page range: 31–44
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 7

Dirt-encrusted and dragon millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) from Queensland, Australia

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Wellington Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 7250
Myriapoda Diplopoda Polydesmida Paradoxosomatidae dragon millipede Queensland Australia

Abstract

Three unusual new Paradoxosomatidae are described from tropical north Queensland. Desmoxytoides hasenpuschorum n. gen., n. sp. closely resembles the dragon millipedes Desmoxytes of southeast Asia, but differs in gonopod details. Tholerosoma monteithi n. gen., n. sp. and T. corrugatum n. sp. are remarkable for their tightly attached coating of soil particles.

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