The millipede genus Tetracentrosternus Pocock, 1895 (Polydesmida,Paradoxosomatidae, Alogolykinae,Alogolykini), with a description of the first,new species from Thailand |
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| Authors: | Natdanai Likhitrakarn Sergei I. Golovatch Somsak Panha |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand ;2.Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia |
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| Abstract: | The millipede subfamily Alogolykinae and the tribe Alogolykini are recorded in Thailand for the first time,being represented there by Tetracentrosternus theelorsuensissp. n. While the new species has characteristics that place it in the genus Tetracentrosternus, it also shows a number of unique features that make it necessary to rediagnose this Oriental genus, as well as to key its three currently known species and map their distributions. The tribes Alogolykini and Polydrepanini, as well as the subfamily Alogolykinae are also briefly redefined. |
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| Keywords: | Millipede Alogolykinae Alogolykini Tetracentrosternus taxonomy new species Thailand |
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