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A new giant species of the millipede genus Prionopetalum Attems, 1909 from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)

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ZOOTAXA
Volume 4950, Issue 3, Pages 561-570

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MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.8

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Taxonomy; new species; new character

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A new large species of the millipede genus Prionopetalum, P. nessiae sp. nov., was described from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, with SEM imaging and illustrations provided. The study also includes comments on the significance of sternum 9 in Odontopygidae descriptions and on intrageneric differences in Prionopetalum.
A new large species of the millipede genus Prionopetalum Attems, 1909, P. nessiae sp. nov. from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, is described, with SEM imaging and illustrations of relevant taxonomic characters, and mapped. Comments on the significance of sternum 9 in descriptions of Odontopygidae, and on the intrageneric differences in Prionopetalum, are included.

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