Microlympiidae, a new milliped family from North America, and Microlympia echina, new genus and species (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea)
Author
Shear, William A.
Author
Leonard, William P.
text
Zootaxa
2003
243
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journal article
51310
10.5281/zenodo.156685
e3894b69-14b9-4d11-90e9-b2a3c1381af4
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156685
Genus
Microlympia
,
new genus
Type
species:
Microlympia echina
,
new species
, by monotypy and present designation.
Etymology: The name
Microlympia
is a Latin neologism compounded from
micro,
small, and
olympia,
for the Olympic Mountains.
Diagnosis and description: As for the family, see above.