Some new or poorly-known Zephroniidae (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida) from Vietnam

By

Semenyuk, Irina
Golovatch, Sergei
Wesener, Thomas

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

930

Pages

37--60

Subjects

biological observations , giant pill-millipede , Sphaerobelum , Sphaeropoeus , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.930.47742

 

Abstract

Three new species of the giant pill-millipede family Zephroniidae are described from southern Vietnam: Sphaerobelum pumatensesp. nov., Sphaeropoeus honbaensissp. nov. and Sphaeropoeus bidoupensissp. nov. Two species, Sphaerobelum bicorne Attems, 1938 and Sphaeropoeus maculatus (Verhoeff, 1924), are redescribed, the former from new material, the latter from type material with lectotype designation. A new transfer is proposed: Zephronia manca Attems, 1936, to the genus Sphaeropoeus Brandt, 1833, giving the new combination, Sphaeropoeus manca (Attems, 1936) comb. nov.