The millipede genus Tasmaniosoma Verhoeff, 1936 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania, Australia, with descriptions of 18 new species

By

Mesibov, Robert

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2010

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

41

Pages

31-80

Subjects

Dalodesmidae , Diplopoda , millipede , parapatry , Polydesmida

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.41.420

 

Abstract

Tasmaniosoma armatum Verhoeff, 1936 is redescribed from topotypical specimens and the following congeners are described from Tasmania: T. alces sp. n., T. aureorivum sp. n., T. australe sp. n., T. barbatulum sp. n., T. bruniense sp. n., T. cacofonix sp. n., T. clarksonorum sp. n., T. compitale sp. n., T. decussatum sp. n., T. fasciculum sp. n., T. fragile sp. n., T. gerdiorivum sp. n., T. hesperium sp. n., T. hickmanorum sp. n., T. laccobium sp. n., T. maria sp. n., T. orientale sp. n. and T. warra sp. n.