Seven new giant pill-millipede species and numerous new records of the genus Zoosphaerium from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)
Author
Wesener, Thomas
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Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Section Myriapoda, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany.
t.wesener@leibniz-zfmk.de
Author
Sagorny, Christina
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Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Section Myriapoda, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn, Germany. & University of Bonn, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, D- 53121 Bonn, Germany.
csagorny@evolution.uni-bonn.de
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-07-06
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.758.1423
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2021.758.1423
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Zoosphaerium libidinosum
(de
Saussure & Zehntner, 1897
)
See
Wesener & Wägele (2008)
for a revision and
Wesener (2016)
for a complete bibliography.
Material examined
MADAGASCAR
–
Toliara
•
1 ♂
;
Mahafaly Plateau
,
Atsimo-Anrefena
,
4 km
NE of Vohombe village
;
24°23.9′ S
,
43°50.8′ E
; alt.
80 m
;
in spiny bush
,
pitfalls
;
27 Feb. 2003
;
Voahangy Soarimalala
leg.; coll. no. VS-540;
FMNH-INS 3196503
•
1 spec.
;
10.0 km SSW of Tranomaro
, along
Vohondava River
;
24°41.2′ S
,
46°27.2′ E
; alt.
225 m
; spiny bush;
18 Mar. 2005
;
V. Soarimalala
leg.; coll. no. VS-572;
FMNH-INS 3177004
.
Remarks
Additional locality data for this very widespread species, occurring almost everywhere in the southern spiny forest ecosystem, is provided (
Fig. 13C
).