<strong>A new cave-dwelling millipede of the genus <em>Scutogona</em> from central Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae)</strong>

HENRIK ENGHOFF; ANA SOFIA P.S. REBOLEIRA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3736.2.5

Issue: Vol. 3736 No. 2: 12 Nov. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-11-12

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.2.5

Page range: 175–186

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**A new cave-dwelling millipede of the genus Scutogona from central Portugal (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae)**

HENRIK ENGHOFF⁺⁻
ANA SOFIA P.S. REBOLEIRA⁺⁻

Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 København Ø–Denmark

Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Millipede troglobiont caves Sicó karst massif Iberian Peninsula

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Abstract

A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Scutogona Ribuat, 1913, S. minor n. sp., is described from caves of Sicó karst in central Portugal. The classification and delimitation of Scutogona vis-à-vis related genera, in particular Meinerteuma Mauriès, 1982, is discussed.