Catharosoma mixtum Kraus, 1956: 410 Jeekel, 1968: 115 Golovatch, 2005a: 808 Nguyen & Sierwald, 2013: 1186 Mestosoma mixtum : Jeekel, 1963: 31 Three new species of the millipede genus Catharosoma Silvestri, 1897 from southern Brazil, with new records and a clarified identity of Catharosoma intermedium (Carl, 1902) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) Rodrigues, Patrícia E. S. Golovatch, Sergei I. Ott, Ricardo Ro- Drigues, Everton N. L. Zootaxa 2020 2020-03-16 4751 1 119 130 RTVY Kraus, 1956 Kraus 1956 [151,574,1889,1916] Diplopoda Paradoxosomatidae Catharosoma Animalia Polydesmida 9 128 Arthropoda species mixtum      Catharosoma mixtum Kraus, 1956: 410, 411, figs 1, 2 (original description, not examined);  Jeekel, 1968: 115;  Golovatch, 2005a: 808;  Nguyen & Sierwald, 2013: 1186.     Mestosoma mixtum: Jeekel, 1963: 31.  New records:  BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Concórdia( 52º10’06’’W, 27º11’37’’S), two males,  30. I. 1996. A. Kuryleg. ( MCN 395); Blumenau( 49º01’06’’W, 27º00’31’’S), one male,  03. II. 1996, R. P. da Rochaleg. ( MCN 398).   Distribution: Brazil( Santa Catarina).   Discussion Currently, 18 species are known to compose the millipede genus  Catharosoma—all confined to South America— and thus characterizing this genus as purely Neotropical ( Schubart 1944). The species  C. bilineatum,  C. hoffmani,  C. manhnertiand  C. paraguayensehave been described from Paraguay, but  C. paraguayensealso occurs in Argentinaand Brazil( Golovatch 2005a). In Brazil, this latter species has been recorded from Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso( Schubart 1953; Golovatch 2005a) and Paraná(the present paper). The other species have been described from southern Brazil(states of Paraná, Santa Catarinaand Rio Grande do Sul) ( Golovatch 2005a), but the genus still needs more collections to fully know its distribution in South America. Its distribution throughout its range is probably wider than is currently known. According to Schubart (1953), species identification is difficult because the available drawings in the original descriptions sometime show the gonopods not exactly in the same position. Because of this problem, there may have been too many species of this genus synonymized. A detailed revision and new gonopod illustrations, orientated exactly in the same position, are required to facilitate the correct identification of species in the future taxonomic work on this genus. 2576149790 1996-01-30 1996-02-03 1996-01-30 R A. Kury & P. da Rocha Brazil -27.008612 Blumenau 20 -49.018333 Concordia 10 129 MCN 395, MCN 398 1 Santa Catarina