A new epigean species of Trichopeltis Pocock, 1894 from southwest China (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Cryptodesmidae)

By

Wu, Zhenfei
Zhang, Sihang
Qin, Fuxue
Cong, Peiyun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1216

Pages

17--26

Subjects

key , Millipedes , taxonomy , Yunnan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1216.128080

 

Abstract

A new species of Cryptodesmidae, Trichopeltis jiyuesp. nov., is described from the Ailaoshan National Nature Reserve in Yunnan Province, southwest China. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by the gonopodal coxae with two conspicuous wing-like processes, the relatively long, stout setae on the gonopodal coxae, gonopodal telopodites glabrous and four-branched, and the acropodite curved caudolaterad. The new species is the second record of an epigean species of genus Trichopeltis Pocock, 1894 in China. An updated key is provided to all 14 presently known species.