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Review of the millipede genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923, with descriptions of new species from Southeast Asia (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)

Sergei I. GOLOVATCH, Jean-Jacques GEOFFROY, Jean-Paul MAURIÈS & Didier VAN DEN SPIEGEL

en Zoosystema 31 (1) - Pages 71-116

Published on 27 March 2009

The small, basically Southeast Asian genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923 is redefined to incorporate, in addition to the five hitherto described species, nine new members: P. ampullifer n. sp. from Vietnam, P. deharvengi n. sp., P. foveatus n. sp. and P. steineri n. sp. from Laos, P. bessoni n. sp. from Thailand, P. bedosae n. sp., P. pallidior n. sp. and P. similis n. sp. from Kalimantan (Borneo, Indonesia), and P. hoffmani n. sp. from Sarawak (Borneo, Malaysia). All of the cavernicolous congeners are presumed to be only troglophiles. A key is provided to all 14 currently known species of the genus.


Keywords:

Diplopoda, Cambalopsidae, Plusioglyphiulus, subterranean biology, cave, Southeast Asia, new species.

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