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The millipede tribe Nedyopodini, with special reference to the fauna of Taiwan (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)

2006; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 39; Issue: 47 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00222930600556112

1464-5262

Chao‐Chun Chen, S. I. Golovatch, Hseuh‐Wen Chang,

Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Abstract The east and southeast Asian millipede tribe Nedyopodini is here restricted to a single genus, Nedyopus Attems, 1914 Attems, C. G. 1914. Die indo‐australischen Myriopoden.. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 80: 1–398. [Google Scholar]; the following genera are here considered to be junior subjective synonyms: Vaulogerodesmus Brölemann, 1916 Brölemann, H. W. 1916. Essai de classification des polydesmiens (Myriapodes).. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 84: 523–607. [Google Scholar], Nesodyopus Verhoeff, 1940 Verhoeff, K. W. 1940. Zur Kenntnis ostasiatischer Diplopoden V (Polydesmoidea).. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 131: 129–145. [Google Scholar], n. syn., and Varyomorpha Wang, 1957, n. syn. This taxonomically confused tribe/genus is reviewed and redefined. Based on new collections, the fauna of Taiwan currently contains five Nedyopus species including the redescribed N. hsientienensis (Wang, 1957) and N. pectinatus (Wang, 1957), both n. comb. ex Varyomorpha, as well as the newly described N. caudatus n. sp., N. latus n. sp., and N. wui n. sp. A key to these five species is provided. Keywords: Millipede Nedyopus tribe NedyopodiniTaiwan Acknowledgements We thank Dr Lee Kun‐Hsuan (National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan), Dr Wu Sheng‐Hai (Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan), Dr Chen Shyh‐Hwang (Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan), Dr Lee Jeng‐Di (China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan) and Mr Ye Wen‐Ci (Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan) for loaning material under their care. We are obliged to the administration of the National Parks of Taiwan, and to all departments of the county and city governments of Taiwan for permitting the collection of millipedes. Thanks go to the following persons (all NSYSU) for their help in collecting material: Chan Hsiao‐Ting, Chao Jui‐Lung, Chen Chung‐Ying, Chu Hong‐Da, Hung Mei‐Chu, Lin Chien‐Li, Lin Yi‐Hui, Li Cheng‐Di, Wu Ming‐Ching, Wu Shang‐Ying, Yang Chien‐Hung, and Yang Jun‐Nan. Special thanks to Dr Liu Ho‐Yih (NSYSU) for help in taking SEM pictures. We also appreciate the help of Dr Lee Jeng‐Di, who skilfully prepared Map 1. The English text was kindly checked by Dr Mark Judson (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris). Both Prof. Richard Hoffman (Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, USA) and Dr Rowland M. Shelley (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, USA) provided constructive criticism of an advanced draft. The millipede tribe Nedyopodini, with special reference to the fauna of Taiwan (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)All authorsChao‐Chun Chen, Sergei I. Golovatch & Hseuh‐Wen Changhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00222930600556112Published online:06 May 2009 Map 1. Distribution of species of the genusNedyopus in Taiwan. (□) Nedyopus hsientienensis (Wang, 1957); (▪) Nedyopus caudatus n. sp.; (▴) Nedyopus pectinatus (Wang, 1957); (▵) Nedyopus latus n. sp.; (•) Nedyopus wui n. sp. Borders between counties are shown. Map 1. Distribution of species of the genusNedyopus in Taiwan. (□) Nedyopus hsientienensis (Wang, 1957); (▪) Nedyopus caudatus n. sp.; (▴) Nedyopus pectinatus (Wang, 1957); (▵) Nedyopus latus n. sp.; (•) Nedyopus wui n. sp. Borders between counties are shown.