Zephronia hui Liu & Wesener 2022
Authors/Creators
- 1. Guizhou Institute of Biology, Guizhou Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
- 2. Guizhou Chishui Alsophila National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Chishui, Guizhou, China
Description
Zephronia hui Liu & Wesener, 2022
Figs 6, 7
Zephronia hui Zhao et al. 2022: 12.
Material examined.
• 8 males and 8 females, China, Guizhou Province, Chishui City, Yuanhou Town, Jiujiao Village, 28°18'09"N, 105°51'44"E, alt. ca. 950 m, 24 Sep. 2024, Jiang X. K. & Lu C. W. leg.; • 2 males and 5 females, Chishui City, Guandu Town, Xinnanchang, 28°27'31"N, 106°05'12"E, alt. ca. 1100 m, 28 Sep. 2024, Jiang X. K., Su W. J. & Lu C. W. leg.; • 2 males and 2 females, Chishui City, Guandu Town, Nanchanggou, 28°37'07"N, 106°08'34"E, alt. ca. 1100 m, 28 Sep. 2024, Jiang X. K., Su W. J. & Lu C. W. leg.; • 4 males and 1 female, Chishui City, Shibao Town, Qingxigou, 28°33'19"N, 106°12'47"E, alt. ca. 950 m, 29 Sep. 2024, Jiang X. K., Su W. J. & Lu C. W. leg.
Distribution.
Guizhou (Jiangkou and Chishui).
Remarks.
In total, five species of this genus have been reported in China, distributed in Xizang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing and Hongkong (Zhao et al. 2022; Chen et al. 2023). This species was originally described from Jiangkou County, Guizhou, and represents the only member of the genus documented in this province to date (Zhao et al. 2022). Specimens collected from Chishui (Figs 5, 6) agree almost perfectly with the original description except for the body coloration: Chishui specimens possess large color patches on the mid-dorsum and lateral sides of the terga, whereas those from Jiangkou exhibit a marble-like pattern.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2024-09-24 , 2024-09-28 , 2024-09-29
- Verbatim event date
- 2024-09-24 , 2024-09-28 , 2024-09-29
- Scientific name authorship
- Liu & Wesener
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Sphaerotheriida
- Family
- Zephroniidae
- Genus
- Zephronia
- Species
- hui
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Zephronia hui Liu, 2022 sec. Jiang, Liu & Chen, 2026
References
- Zhao Y, Hu LL, Wesener T, Liu WX (2022) Five new species of the giant pill-millipedes of the genera Zephronia and Sphaerobelum, from China (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (New Series) 58 (6): 499–524. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2022.2137059
- Chen HM, Zheng CB, Jiang XK (2023) The millipedes (Diplopoda) in Yintiaoling National Natural Reserve, Southwest China. Zootaxa 5257 (1): 049–081. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5257.1.6