Review of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910, in China, with descriptions of new cavernicolous species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae)

By

Golovatch, Sergei
Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques
Mauriès, Jean-Paul
VandenSpiegel, Didier

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

505

Pages

Jan-34

Subjects

cave , China , Diplopoda , Eutrichodesmus , Haplodesmidae , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.505.9862

 

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: E. triangularis sp. n., from Sichuan, E. lipsae sp. n., from Guangxi, E. tenuis sp. n., E. trontelji sp. n., E. latellai sp. n., E. obliteratus sp. n. and E. troglobius sp. n., all from Guizhou, E. sketi sp. n., from Hunan, and E. apicalis sp. n., from Hubei.