Descriptions of four species of Polyxenida Verhoeff, 1934 (Diplopoda, Penicillata) from China, including one new species and one new record

By

Wang, Yadong
Jin, Ai
Gao, Shichen
Wang, Jiajia
Dong, Yan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1223

Pages

149--167

Subjects

China , COI , Eudigraphis , identification key , Lophoturus , millipede , molecular phylogeny , Polyxenus , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.135808

 

Abstract

This study describes a new species of Polyxenida from China, Lophoturus sineprocessussp. nov., along with a species newly recorded from China: Eudigraphis nigricans (Miyosi, 1947), and provides additional descriptions of Eudigraphis sinensis Ishii & Liang, 1990 and Polyxenus hangzhoensis Ishii & Liang, 1990. The study conducted mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequencing for all four species and constructed a phylogenetic tree based on the molecular data. The comprehensive morphological descriptions and molecular analyses confirm the addition of one new species and one newly recorded species for the Polyxenida fauna of China, elevating the total number of known Polyxenida species in the country from 10 to 12. The study also includes an identification key for Polyxenida species in China.