Two new cave-dwelling species of the millipede genus Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993 from southern China (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Paracortinidae)

Weixin Liu; Mingyi Tian

doi:10.3897/zookeys.517.9949

Two new cave-dwelling species of the millipede genus Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993 from southern China (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Paracortinidae)

Zookeys. 2015 Aug 13:(517):123-40. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.517.9949. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Weixin Liu¹, Mingyi Tian¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushanlu, Guangzhou, 510640, China.

Abstract

Two new species of the millipede genus Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993 are described. Both are presumed troglophiles: Paracortinazhangi sp. n. from a cave in Ceheng County, southwestern Guizhou Province and Paracortinayinae sp. n. from a cave in Longlin County, western Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. A distribution map and a key to all 12 Paracortina species are also provided.

Keywords: China; Paracortina; cave-dwelling; new species; taxonomy.