Occurrence of the millipede genus Piccola Attems, 1953 in China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae).

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Piccola golovatchi sp. nov. is described and illustrated. It comes from the limestone cave called Shizikou Dadong, Tianlin County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China. This species is considered to be a troglobite, showing a pallid tegument and extremely enlongated antennae and legs. This is the first record of the millipede genus Piccola Attems, 1953 from China.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Zootaxa

Title: Zootaxa

Publisher: Magnolia Press

ISSN (Electronic): 1175-5334

ISSN (Print): 1175-5326

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 07 2015

Volume: 3904

Issue: 3

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[1 ] College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushanlu, Guangzhou, 510640, China; Email: unknown.

[2 ] College of Natural Resources & Environment, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushanlu, Guangzhou, 510640, China; Email: mytian168@aliyun.com.

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Publisher Item ID: zootaxa.3904.3.5

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.3.5

PubMed ID: 25660790

SO-VID: 6c3d34d0-4197-4069-b86b-c9811f792121

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