Golovatch S.I.1, VandenSpiegel D.2, Semenyuk I.I.3 2016. On several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), XXI // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.25. No.4: 335–354 [in English].

1,3 Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071, Russia. E-mail (1): sgolovatch@yandex.ru

2 Department of African Zoology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium. E-mail: didier.van.den.spiegel@africamuseum.be

KEY WORDS: Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, taxonomy, new records, new species, key, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam.

ABSTRACT. This contribution is devoted to records of several known, and descriptions of the following eight new, species: Tylopus brehieri sp.n., from Myanmar, T. beroni sp.n. and Desmoxytes simplex sp.n., both from Laos, D. grandis sp.n., Anoplodesmus mirabilis sp.n. and Enghoffosoma contrastum sp.n., all three from Vietnam, as well as Beronodesmus martensi sp.n. and B. serratus sp.n., both from Nepal. A key is given to all 11 currently known species of the endemic Nepalese genus Beronodesmus Golovatch, 2014.

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