A new Mediterranean species of Dolistenus (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae), with an updated key for the genus and the first contribution for a barcode database of European Platydesmida

Ernesto Recuero; Paula C Rodríguez-Flores

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.10

A new Mediterranean species of Dolistenus (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae), with an updated key for the genus and the first contribution for a barcode database of European Platydesmida

Zootaxa. 2020 Jan 3;4718(1):zootaxa.4718.1.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.10.

Authors

Ernesto Recuero¹, Paula C Rodríguez-Flores

Affiliation

¹ Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. ernestorecuerogil@gmail.com.

PMID: 32230046
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.10

Abstract

Dolistenus Fanzago, 1874 is a widespread Mediterranean millipede genus of the order Platydesmida, currently including three valid species, each with relict distributions. Here we describe a fourth species of Dolistenus, and characterize it using morphological and molecular (mitochondrial DNA) characters. We provide an updated key to the species of Dolistenus and the first COI barcode sequences for the new species and several other European representatives of the Andrognathidae (Platydesmida).

Keywords: Myriapoda, new species, Iberian Peninsula, millipede, barcoding, relict distribution, endemism.

MeSH terms

Animals
Arthropods*
DNA, Mitochondrial

Substances

DNA, Mitochondrial