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TWO NEW SPECIES OF PENICILLATE DIPLOPODS OF THE FAMILY POLYXENIDAE (DIPLOPODA: PENICILLATA) FROM CHINA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Kiyoshi Ishii
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi-ken 321–02, Japan
Lairong Liang
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental and Resources Biology, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, China

Abstract

A fifth species of the genus Eudigraphis, E. sinensis sp.nov., and a third species of the shinoharai group of the genus Polyxenus, P. hangzhoensis sp.nov., are described, representing the first records of penicillate diplopods from China.

Résumé

Une cinquième espèce du genre Eudigraphis, E. sinensis sp.nov., et une troisième espèce du groupe shinoharai du genre Polyxenus, P. hangzhoensis sp.nov., ont été décrites, ainsi constituant les premiers enregistrements de diplopodes penicillates de la Chine.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1990

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Footnotes

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This work was supported by a grant from the International Scientific Research Program in 1989 of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan (No. 01041032).

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