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Issue: Vol. 5264 No. 3: 14 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.2
Page range: 323-340
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The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VIII. Three new genera and four new species of minute millipedes from Oregon and Washington, USA(Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

Department of Biology; Hampden-Sydney College; Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 USA
Department of Entomology; Virginia Tech; Blacksburg VA 24061 USA
Diptera new taxa Striariinae northwestern North America sense organs

Abstract

We describe three new genera and four new species of small, litter-dwelling millipedes from the states of Oregon and Washington, USA: Miniaria ramifera, n. gen., n. sp., Miniaria richarti, n. gen., n. sp., Tigraria oregonensis, n. gen., n. sp., and Kingaria prattensis, n. gen., n. sp. Some of the unusual characters of these species are discussed, including a new type of sensory array on the third tarsus of males and a newly observed mandibular gland.

 

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