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Issue: Vol. 2985 No. 1: 4 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2985.1.4
Page range: 55–63
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 3

Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960—a tropical element in the North African fauna: a new species from Tunisia and notes on the family Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 København Ø – Denmark
Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 København Ø – Denmark
Myriapoda Millipedes Morocco Tunisia Cynedesmus formicola Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp. Tonodesmus taxonomy

Abstract

The family Pyrgodesmidae and the genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960 are recorded for the first time from Tunisia. A new species, Rharodesmus tabarkensis, is described using scanning electron microscopy, and its membership in the genus and the family is discussed. Notes on west Palaearctic pyrgodesmid species are provided with considerations on the family Pyrgodesmidae.

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