A new and cryptic species of Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania, Australia

By

Mesibov, Robert

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

846

Pages

31-41

Subjects

Australia , Dalodesmidae , Diplopoda , Polydesmida , Tasmania

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.846.35028

 

Abstract

Lissodesmuspiscatorsp. nov. differs from the 30 previously described Lissodesmus species in the form of the femoral process of the gonopod telopodite, which is tripartite with an erect distal branch and two posteromedially curving basal branches. Despite careful searching, the new species has only been collected by pitfall trapping and may have a very small range in the northwest corner of the Central Plateau in Tasmania, Australia.