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Issue: Vol. 5750 No. 1: 19 Jan. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-01-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.1.10
Page range: 145-150
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of the millipede genus Hedinomorpha Verhoeff, 1934, from China, the first to be reported from Hebei Province (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)

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 Diplopoda Polydesmida Paradoxosomatidae Hebei Hedinomorpha

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How to Cite

Mikhaljova, E.V., Kazarin, V.M. & Marusik, Y.M. (2026) A new species of the millipede genus Hedinomorpha Verhoeff, 1934, from China, the first to be reported from Hebei Province (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Zootaxa, 5750 (1), 145–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.1.10