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Issue: Vol. 3974 No. 2: 22 Jun. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-06-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.10
Page range: 267–276
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 2

Genus Leptoiulus Verhoeff, 1894 new to the fauna of the Asian part of Russia, with description of a new species from the Altai and its comparison with the European Leptoiulus trilineatus (C.L. Koch, 1847) (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae)

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia.
Altai State University, Barnaul 656049, Russia.
Barnaul branch of OJSC “GIPRODORNII”, Barnaul 656000, Russia.
Altai State University, Barnaul 656049, Russia.
millipede julids Leptoiulus new species description juxtaposition Siberia Russia

Abstract

The diplopod genus Leptoiulus Verhoeff, 1894 is new to the fauna of the Asian part of Russia, due to the discovery of        L. tigirek sp. nov. from the south-western part of the Altai Province, Siberia. A description of the new species and information on its habitats, numbers and locomotor activity as well as comparison with the European Leptoiulus trilineatus (C.L. Koch, 1847) are presented.