A mountain of millipedes XII. The Chelodesmidae of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

  • Henrik Enghoff Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2764-8750
  • Alain Senghor K. Ngute Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-5452
  • Hamidu R. Mnendendo Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania
  • Exaud E. Kivambe Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania
  • Waziri Mhagawale Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania
  • Robin C. Malanda Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania
  • Athuman Mpoto Reforest Africa, Mang’ula, Kilombero District, Tanzania
  • Andrew R. Marshall Forest Research Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3261-7326
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2935
Keywords: taxonomy, new genus, new species, Eastern Arc Mountains, surface microstructure

Abstract

The species of the millipede family Chelodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mountains are (re)described, including one new genus and six new species: Morogorius divisus Enghoff sp. nov., M. louishanseni Enghoff sp. nov., M. pugio Enghoff sp. nov., M. kitugulu Enghoff sp. nov., M. cochlear Enghoff sp. nov., Tanzaniella howelli Hoffman, 1977, Dionaeadesmus force Enghoff gen. et sp. nov., and Callistocilla dolorotrix Hoffman, 2005. Tanzaniella howelli is also recorded from Magombera Nature Reserve. The discussion includes comments on paranotal microsculpture, globular structures flanking the spinnerets, a gonopodal coxal process, altitudinal distribution, and the possible recent immigration of T. howelli into the Udzungwa Mts.

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2025-06-20
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Enghoff, H., Ngute, A. S. K., Mnendendo, H. R., Kivambe, E. E., Mhagawale, W., Malanda, R. C., Mpoto, A., & Marshall, A. R. (2025). A mountain of millipedes XII. The Chelodesmidae of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). European Journal of Taxonomy, 997(1), 210–255. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2935
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