The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Australia
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Three new genera and six new species of Pyrgodesmidae are described from Queensland: Asticopyrgodesmusgen. n., containing Asticopyrgodesmus lamingtonensissp. n. and Asticopyrgodesmus maialasp. n. (type species); Nephopyrgodesmusgen. n., with Nephopyrgodesmus eungellasp. n. (type and only species); and Notopyrgodesmusgen. n., with Notopyrgodesmus kullasp. n. (type species), Notopyrgodesmus lanosussp. n. and Notopyrgodesmus weirisp. n. Localities and specimen data are given in an Appendix for undescribed Australian Pyrgodesmidae occurring in wet forests from the Northern Territory south to New South Wales, and on Lord Howe Island.
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