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A new species of Procophorella Mesibov, 2003 from Victoria, Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae) and a reclassification of Procophorella, Noteremus Mesibov, 2009 and Paredrodesmus Mesibov, 2003

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Procophorella bawbawensis n. sp. is described from high-elevation habitats near Mt Baw Baw in Victoria, Australia.Unlike the two Tasmanian species of Procophorella Mesibov, 2003, the new species has sphaerotrichomes on adult male legs.Procophorella, Noteremus Mesibov, 2009 and Paredrodesmus Mesibov, 2003 form a natural group and are currently incertae sedis within suborder Dalodesmidea.The three genera are here assigned to Dalodesmidae.

Source: Australian Journal of Taxonomy

DOI: 10.54102/ajt.gxasl

Author: Robert Mesibov

Language: English

Topic: Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Parks Victoria, Hermon Slade Foundation, University of Tasmania, Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University

OpenAlex ID: W4413184774

FWCI: 0.958

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