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Issue: Vol. 480 No. 1: 31 Mar. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-03-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.480.1.1
Page range: 1–23
Abstract views: 111
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A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania, Australia with a mosaic distribution

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. Wellington Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 7250
Diplopoda Polydesmida Dalodesmidae Tasmania Australia biogeography

Abstract

Atrophotergum silvaticum n. gen., n. sp. (type species), A. bonhami n. sp., A. montanum n. sp., A. pastorale n. sp., A sodalis n. sp., and A. wurrawurraense n. sp., are described. The six species have a tightly fitted mosaic distribution in Tasmania. Atrophotergum species are among the 'head + 19 segments' Australasian dalodesmids witha  conspicuous pit on the underside of somite 2 in males, and relatively small metatergites on somites 3 and 4 in both sexes. The solenomerite in Atrophotergum is carried on a large posterior projection arising midway along the telopodite.

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