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Issue: Vol. 5609 No. 1: 19 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.7
Page range: 116-124
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Genus Leptoiulus Verhoeff, 1894 new to the fauna of China, with a description of a new species and a review of and a key to genera of Julidae Leach, 1814 occurring in China (Diplopoda, Julida)

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok 690022; Russia.
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok 690022; Russia.
Institute for Biological Problems of the North; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Magadan 685000; Russia.; Altai State University; Barnaul; RF-656049; Russia.; Department of Zoology & Entomology; University of the Free State; Bloemfontein 9300; South Africa.
Myriapoda new taxon new faunistics North-East China

Abstract

The diplopod genus Leptoiulus Verhoeff, 1894 is new to the fauna of China, due to the discovery of L. hebeiensis sp. nov. from Hebei Province. A description of the new species is provided. The family Julidae Leach, 1814 is represented in China by 5 genera, all keyed, including Leptoiulus. A basic review of the Julidae occurring in China including Taiwan is presented.

 

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