A new cave diplopod of the genus Brachydesmus heller, 1858 from southwest Serbia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae)
Author(s) -
Dragan Antić,
B.P.M. Ćurčić,
Bojan Mitić,
V.T. Tomić,
Luka Lučić,
Boris Dudić,
Dalibor Z. Stojanović,
Slobodan E. Makarov
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
archives of biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1821-4339
pISSN - 0354-4664
DOI - 10.2298/abs1302745a
Subject(s) - cave , millipede , taxon , genus , key (lock) , zoology , geography , myriapoda , ecology , biology , taxonomy (biology)
A new cave polydesmid, Brachydesmus sjenicae n. sp. is described from Ledena Pećina Cave, in southwest Serbia. The new taxon belongs to the vermosanus-group of species. Relationships with congeners are briefly discussed. The distribution map and key is given for all currently known taxa belonging to this group of species. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 173038
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