The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda Polydesmida) from Australia

摘要

Three new genera and six new species of Pyrgodesmidae are described from Queensland: Asticopyrgodesmus >gen. n., containing Asticopyrgodesmus lamingtonensis >sp. n. and Asticopyrgodesmus maiala >sp. n. (type species); Nephopyrgodesmus >gen. n., with Nephopyrgodesmus eungella >sp. n. (type and only species); and Notopyrgodesmus >gen. n., with Notopyrgodesmus kulla >sp. n. (type species), Notopyrgodesmus lanosus >sp. n. and Notopyrgodesmus weiri >sp. 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.