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On Lithobiidae from the Seychelles with descriptions of two new species of the subgenus Australobius, genus Lithobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha)
Author(s) -
Eason E. H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1978.tb03263.x
Subject(s) - subgenus , biology , fauna , zoology , genus , centipede , key (lock) , ecology
Three species of Lithobius, L. sechellarum Brölemann, L. inflatitarsis sp. nov. and L. abbreviate sp. nov., are described from the Seychelles. All belong to the oriental subgenus Australobius which is reviewed. The species are believed to be endemic and thus support the view that the Seychellean fauna is akin to that of the Oriental Region.