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Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-12
Page range: 175–186
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A new cave-dwelling millipede of the genus Scutogona from central Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae)

Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 København Ø–Denmark
Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Millipede troglobiont caves Sicó karst massif Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Scutogona Ribuat, 1913, S. minor n. sp., is described from caves of Sicó karst in central Portugal. The classification and delimitation of Scutogona vis-à-vis related genera, in particular Meinerteuma Mauriès, 1982, is discussed.