Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'fire millipedes' (Diplopoda)

ZooKeys

Volumn 19, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2009, Pages 1-128

  Wesener, Thomas ^a,b   Enghoff, Henrik ^c   Sierwald, Petra ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Endemism; Madagascar; Millipedes; Niche separation; Spirobolida

Indexed keywords

DIPLOPODA; PACHYBOLIDAE; RHINOCRICUS; SPIROBOLELLIDAE; SPIROBOLIDA; SPIROBOLUS;

EID: 77951070484     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.19.221     Document Type: Article

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