The milliped families Spirostreptidae (Spirostreptida) and Paradoxosomatidae (Polydesmida) in the Middle East; first records of the Diplopoda from Saudi Arabia
The class Diplopoda, represented by the families Spirostreptidae (Spirostreptida) and Paradoxosomatidae (Polydesmida), is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the first time. Archispirostreptus transmarinus Hoffman, 1965 (Spirostreptidae) inhabits the Jabal Al-Hijaz Mountains in the southwest, and the Paradoxosomatidae, represented by an unidentifiable, indigenous female, occurs in a “wadi” in the center of the country. Other Middle Eastern familial records are documented, and occurrences in the Arabian Peninsula are mapped. Males, necessary to identify the paradoxosomatid, may be encountered if samplings are timed to coincide with seasonal rains.
| Author: | Rowland M. Shelley |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1142079 |
| URL: | http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/ |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
| Series (Serial Number) | Insecta Mundi (0083) |
| Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 23.12.2009 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2009 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| Contributing Corporation: | Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. |
| Source: | Gainesville : http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/ |
| HeBIS PPN: | 222076224 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte Biologie |
| Licence (German): |  Veröffentlichungsvertrag für Publikationen ohne Print on Demand |
