Species Speleostrophus nesiotes Hoffman, 1994

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• Speleostrophus nesiotes Hoffman, R.L. 1994. Studies on Spiroboloid Millipeds. XVIII. Speleostrophus nesiotes, the first known troglobitic spiroboloid milliped, from Barrow Island, Western Australia (Diplopoda: Pachybolidae: Trigoniulinae). Myriapodologica 3: 19-24 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T26696 ♂, Ledge Cave, Barrow Island, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Shelley, R.M., Sierwald, P., Kiser, S.B. & Golovatch, S.I. 2000. Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum II. A List of the Genus and Family-Group Names in the Class Diplopoda from 1958 through 1999. Sofia : Pensoft 167 pp. [23].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller.

General References

Car, C.A., Short, M., Huynh, C. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. The millipedes of Barrow Island, Western Australia (Diplopoda). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 209–219 [216]

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