Latest Articles from ZooKeys Latest 4 Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:32:12 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zookeys.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ The millipede family Polydesmidae Leach, 1816 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Vietnam, with a description of a new cavernicolous species https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/114958/ ZooKeys 1190: 259-280

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1190.114958

Authors: Anh D. Nguyen, Tam T. T. Vu, Katsuyuki Eguchi

Abstract: The millipede family Polydesmidae Leach, 1816 is reviewed in the scope of the Vietnamese fauna. The distribution of the species, Polydesmus vietnamicus Nguyen, 2009 is extended northward to Ha Giang Province. A new cavernicolous polydesmid, Pacidesmus tuachua sp. nov., is described from two caves in northwestern Vietnam, representing the first record of the genus from Vietnam. Extensive illustrations and DNA barcodes are provided for both species, a revised key is presented to all 12 species of Pacidesmus Golovatch, 1991, as well as a key to all eight genera of Asian Polydesmidae.

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Research Article Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:07:47 +0200
Two new species of Polydesmus Latreille, 1802/1803 from northern Spain with reinstatements of two species, and a key to the Iberian Polydesmus species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/37816/ ZooKeys 888: 51-65

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.888.37816

Authors: Per Djursvoll

Abstract: Polydesmus biscayensis sp. nov. and P. asturiensis sp. nov. are described and figured based on material housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid. The specimens were collected in six localities in the Asturias and Cantabria provinces, including four caves. In addition, Polydesmus haroi Mauriès & Vicente, 1977 and Polydesmus racovitzai Brolemann, 1910 are transferred from Propolydesmus Verhoeff, 1895 to Polydesmus Latreille, 1802/1803 after examining the gonopod morphology. A key to the Iberian Polydesmus species is presented.

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Research Article Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:10:18 +0200
A new species and a new record of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Antheromorpha Jeekel, 1968 (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from Vietnam https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/32596/ ZooKeys 832: 77-89

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.832.32596

Authors: Natdanai Likhitrakarn, Sergei I. Golovatch, Irina Semenyuk, Somsak Panha

Abstract: Antheromorpha nguyeni sp. n. is described and illustrated from Kon Ka Kinh National Park, southern Vietnam. The new species is distinguished by a peculiar colour pattern showing a uniformly black-brown body contrasting with yellow-brown paraterga and epiproct, as well as in the pointed gonopodal process being unusually short, only approximately half as long as the solenophore. In addition, an identification key to all 13 presently known species, all mapped, is given. A new record of A. festiva is provided from southern Vietnam.

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Research Article Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:14:17 +0200
Millipede and centipede assemblages on the northern and southern slopes of the lowland Altais, southwestern Siberia, Russia (Diplopoda, Chilopoda) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/21936/ ZooKeys 741: 219-254

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.741.21936

Authors: Pavel S. Nefediev, Gyulli Sh. Farzalieva, Ivan H. Tuf, Khozhiakbar Kh. Nedoev, Saparmurad T. Niyazov

Abstract: The total species richness in the myriapod assemblages of the lowland Altais near Charyshskoe Village, Altai Province, southwestern Siberia, Russia is estimated to be at least 19 species from ten genera, eight families, five orders, and two classes. The following species are new to SW Siberia: Lithobius (Ezembius) ostiacorum Stuxberg, 1876, L. vagabundus Stuxberg, 1876, and L. (Monotarsobius) nordenskioeldii Stuxberg, 1876, while L. (E.) proximus Sseliwanoff, 1880 and L. (M.) insolens Dányi & Tuf, 2012 are recorded for the first time from the Altai Province of Russia. A species of Strigamia which is morphologically similar to Strigamia cf. transsilvanica (Verhoeff, 1928) has been found in the study area but its true specific identity is yet to be determined. The seasonal dynamics of myriapod assemblages in terms of the species diversity, density, sex-age structure, and vertical distribution along the soil profile have been studied with regard to the different slope exposures.

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Research Article Wed, 7 Mar 2018 22:59:22 +0200