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Issue: Vol. 193 No. 1: 8 May 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.193.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Paralamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Henicopidae) from southern Chile

Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
Myriapoda Chilopoda Lithobiomorpha Henicopidae Paralamyctes Paralamyctes wellingtonensis Chile taxonomy

Abstract

Paralamyctes wellingtonensis n. sp. occurs further south in Chile than its sister species, P. chilensis (Gervais in Walckenaer & Gervais, 1847). The new species, from Isla Wellington and Magallanes, is identified by distinctive female gonopods.

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