On several species of the millipede genus Eustrongylosoma Silvestri, 1896 from Vanuatu, Melanesia, southwestern Pacific (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)

Abstract

Four new species of the large, mostly Papuan genus Eustrongylosoma are described from the Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu: E. hirsutum sp.n., E. vanuatu sp.n., E. acutum sp.n. and E. picturatum sp.n. These are only some of the species of the genus that actually populate the island. Besides Eustrongylosoma, Espiritu Santo seems to fail to support any other presumed endemics from the family Paradoxosomatidae. Despite some encounters in caves, none of the species demonstrates obvious troglomorphic traits. © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2013.