Thursday, September 21, 2017

[Diplopoda • 2017] Two New Species of the Millipede Genus Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847 (Spirostreptida: Cambalopsidae) from Southwest China


Glyphiulus latus Jiang, Lv,  Guo, Yu & Chen, 2017


Abstract

Two new Chinese species of the millipede genus Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847, Glyphiulus latus sp. nov. and Glyphiulus liangshanensis sp. nov., from three caves in Sichuan Province are described. According to the structure of the first male leg pair, the new species belong to the javanicus-group.

Keywords:  Myriapoda, taxonomy, troglobitic, endemic, biodiversity


  

Xuan-Kong Jiang, Jing-Cai Lv, Xuan Guo, Zhi-Gang Yu and Hui-Ming Chen. 2017. Two New Species of the Millipede Genus Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847 from Southwest China (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Cambalopsidae). Zootaxa4323(2); 197–208.   DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.3