East African odontopygid millipedes 2: A new, geographically disjunct species of <i>Chaleponcus</i> (Attems 1914) from the Pare Mts., Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)

SARA B. FREDERIKSEN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3636.4.7

Issue: Vol. 3636 No. 4: 8 Apr. 2013

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2013-04-08

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.4.7

Page range: 597–600

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East African odontopygid millipedes 2: A new, geographically disjunct species of Chaleponcus (Attems 1914) from the Pare Mts., Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)

SARA B. FREDERIKSEN⁺⁻

Diplopoda Spirostreptida Odontopygidae

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Abstract

Chaleponcus parensis n. sp.,, found in the North Pare Mountains, Tanzania, is described. The find is remarkable due to its geographically disjunct location, being at least 1500 km as the crow flies to the nearest valid record in Zimbabwe of a Chaleponcus.