116662 - hoplatessara luxuriosa.pdf (3.09 MB)
Hoplatessara luxuriosa (Silvestri, 1895) (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) is native to Australia, not New Guinea
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 04:54 authored by Mesibov, R, Car, CAHoplatessara luxuriosa (Silvestri, 1895) is partly redescribed and illustrated. Its native range is shown to be in the cool-climate uplands of New South Wales, Australia. H. luxuriosa was originally labelled as collected by L.M. D’Albertis at Sorong in New Guinea. D’Albertis collected on Sorong Island in 1872 and spent the following year in Sydney, New South Wales, before returning to Europe with his New Guinea specimens. It is possible that D’Albertis himself collected H. luxuriosa in 1873, and that the mislabelling occurred later.
History
Publication title
ZooKeysVolume
329Pagination
1-8ISSN
1313-2989Publisher
Pensoft PublishersPlace of publication
Prof Georgi Zlatarski St 12, Sofia, 1700 BulgariaRights statement
Copyright 2013 Robert Mesibov. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Repository Status
- Open