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Issue: Vol. 5631 No. 3: 5 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.7
Page range: 533-547
Abstract views: 54
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Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909. IV. Two new genera and three new species (Chordeumatida, Striarioidea, Caseyidae)

Professor Emeritus; Department of Biology; Hampden-Sydney College; Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 USA; current address: 1950 Price Drive; Farmville VA 23901 USA
Department of Entomology; Virginia Tech; Blacksburg VA 24061 USA
Myriapoda Pacific Northwest new taxa gonopod anatomy biogeography

Abstract

Paropiona Shear & Marek, gen. nov. is described from northwestern and central Washington State, USA. It includes two new species, Paropiona gardneri Shear & Marek, sp. nov. from Pacific and Cowlitz Counties, and Paropiona aenigma Shear & Marek, sp. nov. from Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston and Wahakiakum Counties. Opionoides Shear & Marek, gen. nov. is monotypic with only Opionoides cataracta Shear & Marek, sp. nov. from Coos Co. Oregon. The new genera are related to, but distinct from the genus Opiona Chamberlin, 1951.

 

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How to Cite

Shear, W.A. & Marek, P.E. (2025) Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909. IV. Two new genera and three new species (Chordeumatida, Striarioidea, Caseyidae). Zootaxa, 5631 (3), 533–547. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.7