Four new cavernicolous species of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from southern China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae)

Weixin Liu; Mingyi Tian

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.11

Four new cavernicolous species of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from southern China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae)

Zootaxa. 2013 Nov 6:3734:281-91. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.11.

Authors

Weixin Liu¹, Mingyi Tian²

Affiliations

¹ College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.; Email: unknown.
² College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.; Email: mytian@scau.edu.cn.

PMID: 25277912
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.11

Abstract

Four new species of the large oriental genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910 are described from caves in southern China: E. digitatus sp. n. (Guangdong), E. simplex sp. n. (Jiangxi), E. spinatus sp. n. (Hunan) and E. planatus sp. n. (Guangxi).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animals
Arthropods / anatomy & histology
Arthropods / classification*
Caves
China
Ecosystem
Female
Male