A new genus and species of native exotic millipede in Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

By

Mesibov, Robert
Car, Catherine A.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

498

Pages

7-16

Subjects

Australia , Diplopoda , New South Wales , Paradoxosomatidae , Polydesmida , Tasmania , Victoria

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.498.9716

 

Abstract

Taxidiotisoma portabile gen. n., sp. n. is described from scattered populations in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. Populations of T. portabile in Victoria, Tasmania and parts of New South Wales occur in urban, suburban and agricultural areas, with no collections of the species in natural habitats in the same district. Taxidiotisoma portabile is likely to be a native exotic species whose home range is in eastern New South Wales.