Five new species of the giant pill-millipedes of the genera Zephronia and Sphaerobelum, from China (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae). Issue 6 (2nd November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhao, Yi; Hu, Lili; Wesener, Thomas; Liu, Weixin
• Is Part Of: Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Volume 58:Issue 6(2022)
• Page Start: 499
• Page End: 524
• Publication Date: 2022-11-02
• Subjects: Biodiversity -- DNA barcoding -- morphology -- taxonomy; Insects -- Periodicals; Entomology -- Periodicals; 595.705
• DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2022.2137059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0037-9271

Abstract

Summary: Five new species of giant pill-millipedes in the family Zephroniidae are described and illustrated from China: Zephronia medogensis Zhao & Liu n. sp., Z. zhouae Zhao & Liu n. sp., Z. hui Liu & Wesener n. sp., Sphaerobelum benqii Liu & Wesener n. sp. and S. tujiaphilum Zhao & Liu n. sp. COI sequences of these five new species are given and deposited in GenBank. Additionally, a study of the genetic distance and a molecular maximum likelihood analysis were conducted based on DNA barcoding data of most SE Asian Sphaerotheriida species.