Golovatch S.I.1, Wesener T.2, Mauriès J.-P.3, Semenyuk I.I.1 2012. On the identities of Cryxus Leach, 1814 and Zephronia Gray, 1832, the oldest generic names in the millipede order Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.21. No.4: 273–294 [in English].

1 Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071 Russia. E-mail: sgolovatch@yandex.ru

2 Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.

3 Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, Case Postale 53, 61 rue Buffon, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.

KEY WORDS: Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae, Cryxus, Zephronia, taxonomy, neotype, Vietnam.

ABSTRACT. Based on the selection of neotypes for and detailed redescriptions of Julus ovalis Linnaeus, 1758 and Zephronia ovalis Gray, 1832, both from southern Vietnam, the identities of Cryxus Leach, 1814 and Zephronia Gray, 1832, two oldest generic names in the millipede family Zephroniidae, and in the entire order Sphaerotheriida, have ultimately been clarified.

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