Genus Unixenus Jones, 1944
- Monoxenus Jones, S. 1937. On two new South Indian Pselaphognathous Diplopods. Zoologischer Anzeiger 119: 138-146 [138] [junior homonym of Monoxenus Kolbe, 1893 (Col.)].
Type species:
Monoxenus padmanabhii Jones, 1937 by monotypy. - Unixenus Jones, S. 1944. Mechanism of defence in a Pselaphognathous Diplopod, Unixenus padmanabhii Jones [Abstract]. Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress 31(3): 94-95 [95] [replacement name; nom. nov. for Monoxenus Jones, 1937].
Type species:
Monoxenus padmanabhii Jones, 1937 (India) by monotypy.Secondary source:
Jeekel, C.A.W. 1971. Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 5: i-xii, 1-412 [Date published 15 February 1971] [5].
Introduction
A genus with five described species (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003), two from Australia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Wet Tropics (WT) ; Vic: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; 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)
General References
Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. & Geoffroy, J.-J. 2003. A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world (Diplopoda, Polyxenida). African Invertebrates 44: 89-101
History of changes
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05-Mar-2012 | 05-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
28-Oct-2010 | 28-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Unixenus attemsi Duy-Jacquemin, M.N. & Condé, B. 1967. Morphologie et géonémie du genre Monographis Attems. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut ns 64: 43-81 [Date published June 1967] [68].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH ♀ (specimen designated 'A' by Duy-Jacquemin & Condé (1967)), Torbay, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
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
Nothing known.
General References
Duy-Jacquemin, M.N. & Condé, B. 1967. Morphologie et géonémie du genre Monographis Attems. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut ns 64: 43-81 [Date published June 1967] [68] (species misidentified by Attems, C. 1911. Myriopoda exkl. Scolopendridae. In, Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Vol 3(6). Jena : Gustav Fischer Verlag . as the South African Monographis schultzei Attems, 1909)
History of changes
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14-Jan-2015 | 09-Apr-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
05-Mar-2012 | 05-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
28-Oct-2010 | 28-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Unixenus barrabaensis Short, M. & Huynh, C. 2013. Four new species of Unixenus Jones, 1944 (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Polyxenida) from Australia. ZooKeys 278: 75-90 [81].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS.119545 ♀ (slide mounted), between road and Nangahrah Creek, Crown Reserve, Woods Reef, New South Wales, Australia [30° 23' 39" S, 150° 44' 08" E].
Paratype(s) AM KS.119546 subadult ♂ (slide mounted), between road and Nangahrah Creek, Crown Reserve, Woods Reef, New South Wales, Australia; AM KS.119547 subadult ♂ (slide mounted), 8.9 km along Bukkulla-Ashford Road, Crown Reserve, New South Wales, Australia [29° 25' 59" S, 151° 04' 18" E]; AM KS.119548 ♀ (slide mounted), at base of E side of Melville Range, Oaky Creek Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia [31° 06' 31" S, 150° 37' 20" E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
History of changes
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26-Mar-2013 | ADDED |
- Unixenus carnarvonensis Short, M. & Huynh, C. 2013. Four new species of Unixenus Jones, 1944 (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Polyxenida) from Australia. ZooKeys 278: 75-90 [77].
Type data:
Holotype WAM T71123 ♀ (slide mounted), site MO3, Meedo Station, Western Australia, Australia [25° 39' 13" S, 114° 37' 37" E].
Paratype(s) WAM T71120 1 ♂ (slide mounted), site WO5, Woodleigh Station, Western Australia, Australia [26° 11' 45" S, 114° 25' 23" E]; WAM T127782 1 ♀ (slide mounted), site WO5, Woodleigh Station, Western Australia, Australia [26° 11' 45" S, 114° 25' 23" E]; WAM T127783 1 ♀ (slide mounted), site WO5, Woodleigh Station, Western Australia, Australia [26° 11' 45" S, 114° 25' 23" E]; WAM T127781 1 ♀ (slide mounted), site MO3, Meedo Station, Western Australia, Australia [25° 39' 13" S, 114° 37' 37" E].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Yalgoo (YAL)
History of changes
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26-Mar-2013 | ADDED |
- Unixenus corringlensis Short, M. & Huynh, C. 2013. Four new species of Unixenus Jones, 1944 (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Polyxenida) from Australia. ZooKeys 278: 75-90 [79].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS.119541 ♀ (slide mounted), Corringle State Forest, New South Wales, Australia [33°40'00"S, 147° 15' 00" E].
Paratype(s) AM KS.119540 1 ♂ (slide mounted), Corringle State Forest, New South Wales, Australia [33°40'00"S, 147°15'00" E]; AM AM KS.87406 (♂), AM KS.119542 (♀) 1 subadult ♂ & 1 ♀ (slide mounted), Severn State Forest, Atholwood Loop Road, New South Wales, Australia [29° 04' 28" S, 151° 00' 53" E]; AM KS.119543 1 ♀ (slide mounted), 0.6 km from Sunnyside Ridge Road, Newnes State Forest, Birds Rock Flora Reserve, New South Wales, Australia [33° 19' 43" S, 150° 11' 33" E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB)
History of changes
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26-Mar-2013 | ADDED |
- Unixenus corticolus Short, M. & Huynh, C. 2011. The genus Unixenus Jones 1944 (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Polyxenida) in Australia. ZooKeys 156: 105-122 [117].
Type data:
Holotype NMV K-11507 ♂, Deep Lead Flora and Fauna Park, Stawell, VIC.
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Vic: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
History of changes
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14-Jan-2015 | 09-Apr-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Feb-2012 | ADDED |
- Unixenus karajinensis Short, M. & Huynh, C. 2011. The genus Unixenus Jones 1944 (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Polyxenida) in Australia. ZooKeys 156: 105-122 [111].
Type data:
Holotype WAM T71106 ♂, Wittenoom Gorge, WA.
Introduction
A revised diagnosis of U. karajinensis and new details on the distribution of the species is provided by Short & Huynh (2013).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Murchison (MUR)
History of changes
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- Monographis mjoebergi Verhoeff, K.W. 1924. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 34. Myriapoda: Diplopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 16(5): 1-142, pls 1-5 [38].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCZ 1♀ (specimen used by Duy-Jacquemin & Condé (1967) in their redescription; location of other syntypes unknown), Kimberley District, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Unixenus mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1924). —
Duy-Jacquemin, M.N. & Condé, B. 1967. Morphologie et géonémie du genre Monographis Attems. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut ns 64: 43-81 [Date published June 1967] [74] (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé do not head their redescription of this species Unixenus mjöbergi on p. 72, instead referring it to Unixenus in their discussion on p. 74. The first use of the combination Unixenus mjöbergi occurs in the caption to fig. 11 on p. 73)
Distribution
States
Western Australia
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
Litter.
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 [211]
Koch, L.E. 1985. Pincushion millipedes (Diplopoda: Polyxenida): their aggregations and identity in Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 16(2/3): 30-32 [30] (whole animal illustrated and swarming behaviour described)
History of changes
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14-Jan-2015 | 09-Apr-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
05-Mar-2012 | 05-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
28-Oct-2010 | 28-Oct-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Unixenus mossmanus Huynh, C. & Veenstra, A.A. 2021. A new species of Unixenus Jones, 1944 (Diplopoda, Polyxenidae) found in far north Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 63: 1-9 [2].
Type data:
Holotype QM 113000 Subadult male, 12 pairs of legs, 11 km North northeast from the town centre of Mossman, QLD [16.385003 S, 145.416656 E].
Paratype(s) QM 113001-005 2 subadult ♂, 1 subadult ♀, 2 ♀, Same data as Holotype.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Mossman, north QLD
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
History of changes
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POLYXENIDA Verhoeff, 1934 | 22-Sep-2021 | ADDED |
- Unixenus myallensis Short, M. & Huynh, C. 2013. Four new species of Unixenus Jones, 1944 (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Polyxenida) from Australia. ZooKeys 278: 75-90 [83].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS.93670 ♀ (slide mounted), 3.8 km S of Mungo Brush campsite, Myall Lakes National Park, New South Wales, Australia [32° 34' 46" S, 152° 17' 27" E].
Paratype(s) AM KS.94096 1 subadult ♂ (slide mounted), 3.8 km S of Mungo Brush campsite, Myall Lakes National Park, New South Wales, Australia [32° 34' 46" S, 152° 17' 27" E]; AM KS.93660 1 ♀ (slide mounted), 3.8 km S of Mungo Brush campsite, Myall Lakes National Park, New South Wales, Australia [32° 34' 46" S, 152° 17' 27" E]; AM KS.93662 (adult ♂), KS.119556 (subadult ♂), KS.93663 (♀) 1 adult ♂, 1 subadult ♂ & 1 ♀, Wyrrabalong National Park, New South Wales, Australia [33° 16' 47" S, 151° 32' 40" E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB)
History of changes
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26-Mar-2013 | ADDED |