Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 1256 No. 1: 10 Jul. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-07-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1256.1.5
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 7

New records of the milliped order Polyzoniida from Korean Peninsula, with a redescription of Kiusiozonium okai  (Takakuwa & Miyosi, 1949) (Diplopoda)

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia
Jeollabukdo Institute of Education Information and Science, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
Myriapoda Diplopoda faunistics Polyzoniidae Hirudisomatidae Angarozonium Kiusiozonium Korean Peninsula

Abstract

Both the genus Kiusiozonium Verhoeff, 1941 and the species Kiusiozonium okai (Takakuwa & Miyosi, 1949) are recorded in the fauna of Korea for the first time. Angarozonium munsunum Mikhaljova, Golovatch, Wytwer, 2000 is new to the fauna of South Korea. Kiusiozonium okai is redescribed based upon fresh material from South Korea and Japan. Remarks are provided for the two species encountered, including notes on the variation of latter species as well as on the position of the penes in Nearctic and Palaearctic representatives of the family Polyzoniidae.

References

  1. Golovatch, S.I. (1980) A contribution to the millipede fauna of Korea (Diplopoda). Folia entomologica Hungarica, 41(1), 49–58.

    Golovatch, S.I. (1981) Some East-Asiatic millipeds (Diplopoda) in the collection of the Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Annales Zoologici, 36(8), 161–168.

    Hoffman, R.L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.

    Lim, K.-Y. (1988) Taxonomical studies on class Diplopoda from Korea. Masters Thesis, Wonkwang University, Korea, 34 pp.

    Lim, K.-Y. (2001) Taxonomy of millipedes (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) in Korea. Thesis of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea, 256 pp.

    Lim, K.-Y., Kim, T.-H. & Kwak, J.-S. (1992) Distribution of millipedes in relation to altitude and flora on Mt. Chiri. Korean Journal of Ecology, 15(4), 329–335.

    Mikhaljova, E.V. (1979) A new species of the millipede genus Polyzonium (Diplopoda, Polyzoniidae) from the Far East. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal, 58(10), 1591–1593 (in Russian, English summary).

    Mikhaljova, E.V. (2002) A contribution to the millipede faunas of Korea and the Russian Far East (Diplopoda). Arthropoda Selecta, 10(2), 147–150.

    Mikhaljova, E.V., Golovatch, S.I. & Wytwer, J. (2000) On some new or poorly-known millipedes (Diplopoda) from North Korea. Fragmenta Faunistica, 43(10), 109–122.

    Mikhaljova, E.V. & Kim, J.P. (1993) Contribution to the millipede fauna of Korea (Diplopoda). Korean Arachnology, 9(1–2), 31–42.

    Miyosi, Y. (1953) Beitrage zur Kenntniss japanischer Myriopoden 7. Aufsatz: Über Gonopoden und Nebengonopoden von Bazillozonium, Trichozonium und Yamasinaium (Platydesmidae). Zoological Magazine, Tokyo, 62(1), 23–26.

    Miyosi,Y. (1959) Über japanische Diplopoden. Arachnological Society of East Asia, Osaka, Japan, 223 pp.

    Nishikawa, Y. & Murakami, Y. (1991) Distributional records on Japanese millipeds (I). Faculty of Letters Review Otemon Gakuin University, 25, 291–313.

    Paik, K.Y. (1960) On the myriapods of Mt. Jiri. Journal Applied Zoology, 3(1), 5–13.

    Paik, K.Y. (1963) Survey of the myriapods of Mt. Sokkri, Chungcheung-pookto, Korea. Kyungpook University, Theses Collection, 7, 33–42.

    Shelley, R.M. (1995) The milliped family Hirudisomatidae in the New World (Polyzoniida). Brimleyana, 23, 103–143.

    Takakuwa, Y. (1954) Diplopoden aus Japan und ihn angrenzenden Gebieten. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 241 pp.

    Takakuwa, Y. & Miyosi, Y. (1949) Über eine neue Gattung und eine neue Art von Colobognatha aus Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 11(1/2), 26–32.