The Millipede Genus Koponenius Golovatch & VandenSpiegel, 2014 Found in Myanmar (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae)

Authors

  • SERGEI I. GOLOVATCH Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, RUSSIA
  • DIDIER VANDENSPIEGEL Department of African Zoology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, BELGIUM

Keywords:

Polydesmida, Koponenius, taxonomy, new species, distribution, Myanmar

Abstract

Koponenius, the westernmost genus of the basically Australasian family Haplodesmidae which has hitherto been known by two species only, one each from Nepal and northern India, is recorded in Myanmar for the first time. It is represented there by K. simplex n. sp., from Chin State, the first haplodesmid to be described from Myanmar. This new species nicely fills in the considerable gap in the distribution of indigenous Haplodesmidae lying between the Himalayas, on the one hand, and Thailand and Yunnan Province, southern China, on the other hand.

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2015-04-01

How to Cite

[1]
GOLOVATCH, S.I. and VANDENSPIEGEL, D. 2015. The Millipede Genus Koponenius Golovatch & VandenSpiegel, 2014 Found in Myanmar (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae). Tropical Natural History. 15, 1 (Apr. 2015), 81–86.

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2015): April

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