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Issue: Vol. 3635 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.9
Page range: 87–93
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 11

A new miniature species of the milliped genus Cleidogona from Costa Rica (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae), with a review of Central American Cleidogonidae

Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney VA 23943, USA
Myriapoda New species Dybasia Solaenogona Guatemala Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Nicaragua Panama

Abstract

Cleidogona huebnerae, n. sp., is described from La Gamba Tropical Research Station,Costa Rica. A total of sixteen species in three genera of Cleidogonidae are known fromCentral America (Guatemala south toPanama), and they are reviewed here.

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