Author(s): Korsós, Z., Enghoff, H. & Chang, H. W.
Title: A most unusual animal distribution pattern: A new siphonocryptid millipede from Taiwan (Diplopoda, Siphonocryptida)
Year: 2008
Volume: 54
Pages: 151-157.
Abstract: The millipede order Siphonocryptida previously consisted of three species. Its distribution demonstrates an unusual geographical pattern with one species in the Canary Islands and Madeira, one in Sumatra, and one in Malaya. A fourth species, Hirudicryptus taiwanensis sp. n., here described from Taiwan, complicates the pattern, and suggests an ancient, relictual trans-Palaearctic distribution. Connecting occurrences probably await discovery.
Keywords: new species, Taiwan, zoogeography, Siphonocryptida, millipedes
Journal: Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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ISSN: 1217-8837
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Bakonyi, G., Mahunka, S., Papp, L., Báldi, A., Csuzdi, Cs. & Forró, L.
