A review of the family Trichopolydesmidae in North Africa with a description of a new species from Tunisia

A new species of the genus Haplocookia Brölemann, 1915 is described from Cap Bon Peninsula in Tunisia (North Africa) and a historical account of the poorly understood genera Haplocookia and Heterocookia Silvestri, 1898 is provided. Comments on the taxonomy of the family Trichopolyd...

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Main Authors: Nesrine Akkari, Jean-Paul Mauriès
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-09-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=28270
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Summary:A new species of the genus Haplocookia Brölemann, 1915 is described from Cap Bon Peninsula in Tunisia (North Africa) and a historical account of the poorly understood genera Haplocookia and Heterocookia Silvestri, 1898 is provided. Comments on the taxonomy of the family Trichopolydesmidae are presented, as well as an identification key to the trichopolydesmid species hitherto known from North Africa and an updated list of the Polydesmida in the region.
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970