The first blind spirostreptid millipede, found in a cave in Morocco; with notes on the genus Odontostreptus Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae)

  • Henrik Enghoff Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 København Ø
  • Ana Sofia Reboleira Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 København Ø
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.668
Keywords: taxonomy, troglobiont, caves, North Africa

Abstract

The first eyeless species of the suborder Spirostreptidea, Odontostreptus fadriquei sp. nov., is described from a cave in Morocco. The new species, which exhibits some troglomorphic traits, is compared with the highly variable O. maroccanus (Attems, 1914) of which new material is presented.

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Published
2020-06-17
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Enghoff, H., & Reboleira, A. S. (2020). The first blind spirostreptid millipede, found in a cave in Morocco; with notes on the genus Odontostreptus Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (668). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.668
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No. 668 (2020): The first blind spirostreptid millipede, found in a cave in Morocco; with notes on the genus Odontostreptus Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae)
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