A redescription of the poorly known cave millipede Skleroprotopus membranipedalis Zhang, 1985 (Diplopoda, Julida, Mongoliulidae), with an overview of the genus Skleroprotopus Attems, 1901

By

Vagalinski, Boyan
Meng, Kaibaryer
Bachvarova, Darina
Stoev, Pavel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

Subterranean Biology

Volume

26

Pages

55-66

Subjects

China , new record , new synonymy , troglobiomorphism

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.26.26225

 

Abstract

We redescribe the poorly known Chinese millipede Skleroprotopusmembranipedalis Zhang, 1985 recorded from Shi-Hua (Stone Flower) Cave, Fangshan County, Beijing. The species’ original description is in Chinese in an obscure outlet which significantly hampers its recognition from its congeners. Here, based on newly collected material, we provide the first scanning electron micrographs of important taxonomic traits. In addition to its type locality, we report the species also from Yun-Shui (Cloud Water) Cave, situated in the same county, some 18 km away. We propose the genus Senbutudoiulus Miyosi, 1957 to be a junior subjective synonym of Skleroprotopus Attems, 1901, syn. n., and introduce the following new combination: Skleroprotopusplatypodus (Miyosi, 1957), comb. n. (former Senbutudoiulus).