The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Australia

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Diplopoda · Topics: Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

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.

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