The first native Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Australia

Abstract

Three new genera and six new species of Pyrgodesmidae are described from Queensland: Asticopyrgodesmus gen. n., containing A. lamingtonensis sp. n. and A maiala sp. n. (type species); Nephopyrgodesmus gen. n., with N. eungelht sp. n. (type and only species); and Notopyrgodesmus gen. n., with N. kulht sp. n. (type species), N. lanosus sp. n. and N. weiri sp. n. Localities and specimen data are given in an Appendix for undescribed Australian Pyrgodesmidae occurring in wet forests from the Northern Territory south to New South Wales, and on Lord Howe Island.