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Issue: Vol. 1872 No. 1: 8 Sep. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1872.1.2
Page range: 29–36
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 2

Notes on the genus Afropachyiulus Schubart, 1960 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae) with a description of a new species from Algeria and a redescription of A. comatus (Attems, 1899)

Research Unit of Biodiversity and Biology of Populations. Institut Supérieur des Sciences Biologiques Appliquées de Tunis, 9 Avenue Dr. Zouheir Essafi, La Rabta, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Myriapoda Tribe Pachyiulini taxonomy new species North Africa

Abstract

The North African genus Afropachyiulus Schubart, 1960 is a poorly defined genus of the tribe Pachyiulini, the taxonomy of which is still obscure. In this paper we retrace the history of the genus Afropachyiulus, we describe A. mauriesi n. sp., from Algeria, and we redescribe the very similar A. comatus (Attems, 1899) from Tunisia based on type and new material.

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