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Issue: Vol. 5728 No. 3: 11 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.5
Page range: 549-560
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Melogona sintica sp. nov.—a surprising seventh member of Melogona Cook, 1895, with a key to species of the genus (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Chordeumatidae)

Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; 2 Yurii Gagarin Street; 1113; Sofia; Bulgaria.
Myriapoda anthropochory Balkan Peninsula Bulgaria distribution millipede taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the European millipede genus Melogona Cook, 1895, Melogona sintica sp. nov., is described from southwest Bulgaria. The new species is compared in detail with two of its congeners with whom it shares particular similar morphology and, possibly, an overlapping distribution range. A key to all seven currently known species of the genus is compiled. The grouping within Melogona and some distribution patterns shown by its members are briefly discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Vagalinski, B. (2025) Melogona sintica sp. nov.—a surprising seventh member of Melogona Cook, 1895, with a key to species of the genus (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Chordeumatidae). Zootaxa, 5728 (3), 549–560. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.5