A new species of Trichopeltis Pocock 1894 from southern China with a checklist and a distribution map of Trichopeltis species (Diplopoda Polydesmida Cryptodesmidae)

摘要

The millipede genus Trichopeltis Pocock, 1894 contains 12 described species including a new species from southern China described here. Trichopeltis sutchariti >sp. n. can be distinguished from congeners by its gonopods that are strongly caudolaterally curved and have a prominent, high, curved, densely setose process on each coxa. An updated checklist and a distribution map are provided for all species of the genus.