@article {1440, title = {Three new genera and eighteen new species of miniature polydesmid millipedes from the northwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4975}, year = {2021}, month = {24/05/2021}, pages = {81-126}, abstract = {

Three new genera, Retrorsioides, Rowlandesmus and Benedictesmus, are described and the polydesmid millipede fauna of North America is briefly reviewed with an emphasis on the genera Bidentogon Buckett \& Gardner, 1968 and Retrorsia Shelley, 2003. Eighteen new species are described: Bidentogon buttensis, Bidentogon norcal, Retrorsia leonardi, Retrorsia benedictae, Retrorsia richarti, Retrorsia gracilis, Retrorsia simplicissima, Retrorsioides castellum, Retrorsioides linnensis, Retrorsioides kittitas, Retrorsioides bammerti, Retrorsioides arboramagna, Rowlandesmus millicoma, Rowlandesmus dentogonopus, Benedictesmus aureua, Benedictesmus ellenae, Benedictesmus yaquina and Benedictesmus timber. Natural history notes and illustrations are provided of putative commensal fungi, nematodes and a mite found on the millipede specimens.

}, keywords = {California, commensals, gonopod terminology, new genera, new species, Oregon, Washington}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4975.1.3}, url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4975.1.3}, author = {Shear, William A. and Marek, Paul E.} } @article {1040, title = {Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecophilous pselaphines (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. III. Two new genera and two new species of the subtribe Batrisina (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Batrisitae) from a colony of Lasius niger}, journal = {Sociobiology}, volume = {55}, year = {2010}, month = {06/2010}, pages = {241-253}, abstract = {

Full title: Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecophilous pselaphines (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. III. Two new genera and two new species of the subtribe Batrisina (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Batrisitae) from a colony of Lasius niger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in East China.

Abstract: Two new genera and two new species of subtribe Batrisina, viz., Songius lasiuohospes gen. et sp. nov. and Sinotrisus nomurai gen. et sp. nov., from Zhejiang Province, East China are described and illustrated. Both genera were collected from a colony of Lasius (Lasius) niger (Linnaeus, 1758) and belong to the Tribasodes genus-group (defined by Nomura \& Idris, 2003) by reason of having the metatrochanter with a denticle or a protuberance on the posterior margin in the male and totally asymmetrical aedeagus with an uncomplete dorsal apophysis. Systematic positions of the new genera are discussed. A key to the myrmecophilous genera of subtribe Batrisina known from China is provided.

}, keywords = {East China, Lasius niger, myrmecophiles, new genera, new species, Pselaphinae, Staphylinidae, Taxonomy, Tianmushan Mountain}, issn = {0361-6525}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291460213}, author = {Yin, Zi-Wei and Li, Li-Zhen and Zhao, Mei-Jun} } @article {230, title = {The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4753}, year = {2020}, month = {19/03/2020}, pages = {1-78}, abstract = {

The center of diversity for the chordeumatidan millipede family Conotylidae is northwestern North America, where five of six subfamilies and ten of fourteen previously described genera occur; in this paper, seven additional new genera and 33 new species from the region are described. New species in the genus Taiyutyla Chamberlin, 1952 are: Taiyutyla tillamook, Taiyutyla acuphora, and Taiyutyla amicitia; in the genus Bollmanella Chamberlin, 1941: Bollmanella bombus, Bollmanella washingtonensis and Bollmanella leonardi; in the genus Brunsonia Loomis \& Schmitt, 1971: Brunsonia pulchra, Brunsonia digitata, Brunsonia wenatchee, Brunsonia chelanoparva, Brunsonia chelanomagna, Brunsonia selwayana and Brunsonia benewah. Vancouvereuma n. gen. is described with the type species Taiyutyla shawi Shear 2004. Calityla n. gen. includes the new species Calityla siskiyou, Calityla ubicki, Calityla trinitaria, Calityla essigi, and Calityla humboldtensis. Ovaskella, n. gen. includes the new species Ovaskella ovaskae and Ovaskella sinuosa. Karagama, n. gen. includes the new species Karagama ladybird. Complicatella, n. gen. includes the new species Complicatella pectenifera and Complicatella neili. Bifurcatella n. gen. includes the new species Bifurcatella olympiana, Bifurcatella hoh, Bifurcatella angulata, Bifurcatella pacifica, Bifurcatella germania, Bifurcatella uniclada, Bifurcatella inflata and Bifurcatella hobo. Loomisiella, n. gen. includes the new species Loomisiella evergreen and Loomisiella pylei. New distribution records are provided for numerous previously described species of conotylids. A complete bibliography of the family Conotylidae of the world is also included.

}, keywords = {Alberta, Arthropoda, British Columbia, California, descriptions, Idaho, Nevada, new genera, new species, Oregon, Washington}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4753.1}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4753.1}, author = {Shear, William A. and Richart, Casey H. and Wong, Victoria L.} }