Golovatch S.I. 2016. On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), XX // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.25. No.3: 219–240 [in English].

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

KEY WORDS: Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, taxonomy, new records, new species, Nepal, India, China, Indonesia.

ABSTRACT. This contribution is devoted to new records of several known, and to descriptions of the following nine new, species: Tectoporus telnovi sp.n., from New Guinea, Indonesia, Beronodesmoides typicus sp.n., B. montigena sp.n., B. martensi sp.n. and Beronodesmus simplex sp.n., all four from Nepal, Hedinomorpha montana sp.n., H. yunnanensis sp.n., H. proxima sp.n. and Sigipinius dentiger sp.n., all four from southern China. A key is provided to all seven currently known species of the Nepalese genus Beronodesmoides Golovatch, 2015.

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