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Issue: Vol. 2779 No. 1: 28 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2779.1.3
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

Rondostreptus, a new spirostreptid genus from southeastern Tanzania (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae)

Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia 24112, USA
Myriapoda Rondostreptus new species Spirostreptidae Diplopoda Tanzania

Abstract

The name Rondostreptus kiellandi is proposed for an undescribed genus and species of Spirostreptidae apparently endemic to the Rondo Plateau in southeastern Tanzania. It appears to have no close relatives among the known spirostreptid fauna of East Africa.

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