Review of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910, in China,with descriptions of new cavernicolous species (Diplopoda,Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae) |
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| Authors: | Sergei I. Golovatch Jean-Jacques Geoffroy Jean-Paul Mauriès Didier VandenSpiegel |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ;2.Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Ecologie & Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7204 CESCO CNRS-MNHN-UPMC, Brunoy, France ;3.Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, Section Arthropodes, Paris, France ;4.Musée Royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | The Eutrichodesmus fauna of mainland China, by far the largest genus in the Indo-Australian family Haplodesmidae, is reviewed and shown to encompass 23 species (of a total of 45), all keyed. The following nine new species, all presumed troglobites, are described: Eutrichodesmustriangularissp. n., from Sichuan, Eutrichodesmuslipsaesp. n., from Guangxi, Eutrichodesmustenuissp. n., Eutrichodesmustronteljisp. n., Eutrichodesmuslatellaisp. n., Eutrichodesmusobliteratussp. n. and Eutrichodesmustroglobiussp. n., all from Guizhou, Eutrichodesmussketisp. n., from Hunan, and Eutrichodesmusapicalissp. n., from Hubei. |
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| Keywords: | taxon-name" > class" >Diplopoda, taxon-name" > family" >Haplodesmidae, taxon-name" > genus" >Eutrichodesmus, taxonomy, new species, cave, China |
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