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Issue: Vol. 5659 No. 3: 4 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.5
Page range: 400-406
Abstract views: 37
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Additions to the family Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909. V. The new genus Benlomondia and two new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Caseyoidea)

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 California millipedes

Abstract

The genus Benlomondia Shear & Marek, gen. nov., and two new species, Benlomondia benlomondensis Shear & Marek, sp. nov., and Benlomondia mateo Shear & Marek, sp. nov., are described from Santa Cruz and San Mateo Counties, California, respectively. The new genus is similar to, but distinct from, Opiona Chamberlin, 1951.

 

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How to Cite

Shear, W.A. & Marek, P.E. (2025) Additions to the family Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909. V. The new genus Benlomondia and two new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Caseyoidea). Zootaxa, 5659 (3), 400–406. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.5