The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Australia

By

Mesibov, Robert

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

217

Pages

63-85

Subjects

Australia , Diplopoda , millipede , Polydesmida , Pyrgodesmidae , Queensland

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.217.3809

 

Abstract

Three new genera and six new species of Pyrgodesmidae are described from Queensland: Asticopyrgodesmus gen. n., containing A. lamingtonensis sp. n. and A. maiala sp. n. (type species); Nephopyrgodesmus gen. n., with N. eungella sp. n. (type and only species); and Notopyrgodesmus gen. n., with N. kulla sp. n. (type species), N. lanosus sp. n. and N. weiri sp. n. Localities and specimen data are given in an Appendix for undescribed Australian Pyrgodesmidae occurring in wet forests from the Northern Territory south to New South Wales, and on Lord Howe Island.