Balkanodesmus Antić and Reip, 2014

Antić, Dragan Ž., Reip, Hans S., Dražina, Tvrtko, Rađa, Tonći & Makarov, Slobodan E., 2014, Three new monotypic genera of Trichopolydesmidae from Croatia, Balkan Peninsula (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), Zootaxa 3884 (2), pp. 101-121 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3FC44983-060E-4AFE-AB51-F0455D217B69
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6143424
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/476B87CB-3239-F835-B49C-B91A17CEF9B2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Balkanodesmus Antić and Reip
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Balkanodesmus Antić and Reip View in CoL , gen. n.

Type species: Balkanodesmus biokovensis Antić and Reip , new species, by present designation. Etymology: The new genus is named after the region of its type locality, Balkan Peninsula, and is masculine in gender.

Diagnosis: 19 segments (♂, ♀). This genus differs from all other European trichopolydesmids by the presence of a long, unipartite acropodite with three levels of lamellae with associated short triangular denticles in the middle part.

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No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Diplopoda
Order	Polydesmida
Family	Trichopolydesmidae

Specimens

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