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Issue: Vol. 2903 No. 1: 2 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2903.1.2
Page range: 21–28
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus for a colorful spirostreptid milliped from East Africa (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae)

Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Vtrginia 24112, USA
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, København Ø, Denmark
Myriapoda Spirostreptidae Sagmatostreptus distribution color pattern Tanzania

Abstract

The new generic taxon Sagmatostreptus is proposed for the type species Spirostreptus strongylopygus Attems, 1950, endemic to a limited area in northeastern Tanzania and adjacent Kenya.

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