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Issue: Vol. 5839 No. 2: 29 Jun. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-06-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5839.2.9
Page range: 381-390
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An integrative description of a new species of the genus Mauriesia Golovatch, Mikhaljova & Chang, 2010 (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae)

State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity; College of Plant Protection; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Youxi-Yangzhong Vegetable Pest Prevention and Control; Fujian Observation and Research Station; Fuzhou 350002; China
Fujian Key Laboratory of Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Marine Biodiversity; Fuzhou Institute of Oceanography; College of Geography and Oceanography; Minjiang University; Fuzhou 350108; China
State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity; College of Plant Protection; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China; Youxi-Yangzhong Vegetable Pest Prevention and Control; Fujian Observation and Research Station; Fuzhou 350002; China
Myriapoda COI gene Mauriesia new species pill millipedes Taxonomy

Abstract

The second species of Mauriesiinae, Mauriesia fuchowensis sp. nov., is described from southeastern China, representing the first formal record of Mauriesiinae from the Chinese mainland. The new species differs strikingly from Mauriesia splendida Golovatch, Mikhaljova & Chang, 2010, the type and only species of the genus, in the male pygidium, with respect to male leg 17, male leg 18, the caudomedian lobule, as well as telopod robustness and conformation. Partial sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene are provided for the new species, with the sequences deposited in GenBank under accession numbers PZ044645 and PZ044646. Phylogenetic analyses of a 586 bp COI fragment using Maximum Likelihood confirmed the monophyly of Mauriesia fuchowensis sp. nov. with 100% ultrafast bootstrap support, providing robust DNA evidence for its species delimitation.

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How to Cite

Chen, H.-Z., Huang, C.-L. & Xia, X.-F. (2026) An integrative description of a new species of the genus Mauriesia Golovatch, Mikhaljova & Chang, 2010 (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae). Zootaxa, 5839 (2), 381–390. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5839.2.9