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Issue: Vol. 2980 No. 1: 29 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2980.1.4
Page range: 49–60
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

The millipede family Niponiosomatidae new to the fauna of Taiwan, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida)

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, prospekt Stoletiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok 690022, Russia
Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-Hai Road, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan, ROC
Myriapoda Millipede chordeumatidans new genus new species new record taxonomy distribution Taiwan

Abstract

A new genus and two new species of the millipede order Chordeumatida, family Niponiosomatidae, are described from Taiwan: Taiwaneuma gen. nov., Taiwaneuma crinitum sp. nov. (the type species) and Taiwaneuma ramuligerum sp. nov. The family Niponiosomatidae is new to the fauna of Taiwan. The distributions of both new species are mapped.

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