Subterranean Biology (Aug 2019)

Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA

  • William A. Shear,
  • David B. Steinmann

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32
pp. 15 – 32

Abstract

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Coloradesmus, gen. nov., is established in the family Macrosternodesmidae based on Speodesmus aquiliensis Shear, 1984, comb. nov. and includes four new species: Coloradesmus hopkinsae sp. nov., C. manitou sp. nov., C. beckleyi sp. nov., and C. warneri sp. nov. All are from high altitude limestone caves in Colorado, USA, and are likely troglobionts.