Cave millipeds of the United States. VI. Sequoiadesmus krejcae, n. gen., n. sp., from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California, USA (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidea, Macrosternodesmidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1693, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Shear, William A ^a   Shelley, Rowland M ^b  

^a HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Macrosternodesmidae; Polydesmidae; Polydesmoidea; Sequoia Kings Canyon national parks; Trichopolydesmoidea

Indexed keywords

DIPLOPODA; MACROSTERNODESMIDAE; NEARCTODESMIDAE; POLYDESMIDA; POLYDESMIDAE; POLYDESMIDEA;

EID: 38949191567     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1693.1.3     Document Type: Article

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