The millipede genus Stemmiulus Gervais, 1844 in Cameroon, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Stemmiulida, Stemmiulidae)
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Nzoko Fiemapong, A.R.
Mbenoun Masse, P.S.
Tamesse, J.L.
Golovatch, S.I.
Vandenspiegel, D.
Discipline
Biological sciences
Subject
Biological collection and data management
Audience
Scientific
Date
2017Metadata
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The large pantropical millipede genus Stemmiulus, which currently encompasses more than 150 species, i.e. the bulk of the species diversity of the family Stemmiulidae and entire order Stemmiulida, is shown to comprise seven species in Cameroon, including three new ones: S. ongot Nzoko Fiemapong & VandenSpiegel, sp. n., S. uncus Nzoko Fiemapong & VandenSpiegel, sp. n., and S. mbalmayoensis Nzoko Fiemapong & VandenSpiegel, sp. n. In addition, S. beroni Mauriès, 1989, previously known only from the type locality in Nigeria, is recorded from Cameroon for the first time, also being redescribed based on new samples. A key is given to all species of the genus encountered in the country, based on male gonopodal conformation, except for S. camerunensis (Silvestri, 1916), which was described only from female and juvenile material.
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Nzoko Fiemapong, A.R.; Mbenoun Masse, P.S.; Tamesse, J.L.; Golovatch, S.I.; Vandenspiegel, D. (2017). The millipede genus Stemmiulus Gervais, 1844 in Cameroon, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Stemmiulida, Stemmiulidae). , ZOOKEYS, Vol. 708, 11-23, DOI: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.708.14072.Identifiers
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Article
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Language
eng