Kingaria Shear & Marek, 2023

Shear, William A. & Marek, Paul E., 2023, The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VIII. Three new genera and four new species of minute millipedes from Oregon and Washington, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea), Zootaxa 5264 (3), pp. 323-340 : 334

Kingaria Shear & Marek , new genus

Type species: Kingaria prattensis Shear & Marek , n. sp.

Diagnosis. This is the only genus of Striariidae known to have an internal, glandular apophysis on the mandibular stipes of males.

Etymology. The name uses the county of the type locality (King Co., Washington) with the combining stem - aria, used in other striariid generic names. The gender is feminine.

Description. As for the only included species, Kingaria prattensis Shear & Marek , n. sp.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality of the single species in King Co., Washington.