East African odontopygid millipedes 1: five new species of Xystopyge (Attems, 1909) and a proposal for a new gonopod terminology (Diplopoda; Spirostreptida; Odontopygidae)

Sara Barup Frederiksen; Henrik Enghoff

East African odontopygid millipedes 1: five new species of Xystopyge (Attems, 1909) and a proposal for a new gonopod terminology (Diplopoda; Spirostreptida; Odontopygidae)

Sara Barup Frederiksen, Henrik Enghoff

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Abstract

Five new species of the endemic East African genus Xystopyge are described: X. pelecys, X. frontieri, X. proplicatus, X. biacanthus, and X. zanzibarensis. Three are from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, two are from the Usambara Mtns. and one is from the Uluguru Mtns. One further species is from the Kenyan lowland bordering Tanzania, and one from the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. Xystopyge robusta hoffmani Vandenspiegel & Pierrard, 2004, is elevated to full species status: Xystopyge hoffmani n.stat. A new gonopod terminology for Odontopygidae, adapted from Hoffman’s (2008) terminology for the related family Spirostreptidae, is used for the descriptions of the new species. New records of previsously described Xystopyge species are given.

Original language	English
Journal	Zootaxa
Issue number	3485
Pages (from-to)	69-82
Number of pages	14
ISSN	1175-5326
Publication status	Published - 17 Sept 2012

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