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
758
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.758.1423
journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2021.758.1423
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Zoosphaerium corystoides
Wesener, 2009
Material examined
MADAGASCAR
–
Antsiranana
•
2 ♂♂
,
2 specs
;
Montagne dʼAmbre
;
12°32′ S
,
49°10′ E
; alt.
1100 m
;
23–28 Nov. 1993
;
J. Coddington
,
N. Scharff
,
S. Larcher
,
C. Griswold
and
R. Andriamasimanana
leg.;
NHMD
•
1 ♂
; same collection data as for preceding;
NHMD
.
Remarks
Additional specimens were collected at the
type
locality, Montagne dʼAmbre.
Zoosphaerium corystoides
is currently classified as Least Concern (
Rudolf & Wesener 2017d
) on the IUCN Red List.