A new miniature species of the milliped genus Cleidogona from Costa Rica (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae), with a review of Central American Cleidogonidae

Zootaxa. 2013:3635:87-93. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.9.

Abstract

Cleidogona huebnerae, n. sp., is described from La Gamba Tropical Research Station, Costa Rica. A total of sixteen species in three genera of Cleidogonidae are known from Central America (Guatemala south to Panama), and they are reviewed here.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Distribution / physiology
  • Animals
  • Arthropods / anatomy & histology*
  • Arthropods / classification*
  • Arthropods / physiology
  • Body Size
  • Central America
  • Species Specificity