Study on the Pauropoda from Tibet, China. Part I. The genera Decapauropus and Hemipauropus (Myriapoda)

Chang-Yuan Qian; Yun Bu; Yan Dong; Yun-Xia Luan

doi:10.3897/zookeys.754.24210

Study on the Pauropoda from Tibet, China. Part I. The genera Decapauropus and Hemipauropus (Myriapoda)

Zookeys. 2018 Apr 30:(754):33-46. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.754.24210. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Chang-Yuan Qian¹, Yun Bu², Yan Dong³, Yun-Xia Luan¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
² Natural History Research Center, Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, Shanghai 200041, China.
³ College of Biology and Food Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou 239000, China.

Abstract

Three new species of family Pauropodidae: Decapauropus biconjugarus Qian & Bu, sp. n., D. tibeticus Qian & Bu, sp. n. and Hemipauropus quadrangulus Qian & Bu, sp. n. are described and illustrated from southeastern Tibet, China. The genus Hemipauropus is recorded for the first time from China. This is the second report of pauropods from Tibet.

Keywords: Motuo County; Pauropodidae; diversity; new record; new species; taxonomy.