New records of Pauropoda (Myriapoda) with descriptions of new species from Rwanda and Réunion (Pauropoda and Symphyla of the Geneva Museum XII)

Abstract

A collection of 751 Pauropoda (Myriapoda) specimens has been studied. Three species are new to science and are described: Allopauropus afer sp. n. and Samarangopus rwandaensis sp. n. from Rwanda and Sphaeropauropus reunionensis sp. n. from Réunion and Sri Lanka. Thirty-five more species have been recognised and the species lists for many countries have been lengthened. The following species are here recorded for the first time from: Switzerland, 3 species [Stylopauropus neglectus Remy, Acopauropus consobrinus (Remy), Trachypauropus cordatus (Scheller)]; Greece, 3 species (Allopauropus helophorus Remy, Brachypauropus superbus Hansen, Acopauropus attemsi Hasenhül); Slovenia, 2 species (Pauropus bagnalli Remy, Stylopauropus limitaneus Remy); the Maltese Islands, 3 species [Allopauropus danicus (Hansen), A. gracilis (Hansen), A. helveticus (Hansen)]; Turkey, 4 species [Acopauropus hastatus (Attems), A. tetrastichus Scheller, Trachypauropus cordatus (Scheller), T. glomerioides Tömösváry]; Réunion, 1 species (Sphaeropauropus reunionensis sp. n.); Sri Lanka, 2 species, (Sphaeropauropus nepalensis Scheller, S. reunionensis sp. n.); Malaysia, 1 species (Allopauropus rastifer Remy); Indonesia, 1 species [Allopauropus danicus (Hansen)]; Rwanda, 2 species (Allopauropus afer sp. n., Samarangopus rwandaensis sp. n.) and Argentina, 1 species (Stylopauropoides subantarcticus Scheller).