Notes on Genus Chondromorpha Silvestri, 1897 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) with New Distributional Records
Abstract
This paper reports three species of the genus Chondromorpha Silvestri, 1897 namely, C. mammifera Attems, 1936, C. kelaarti (Humbert 1865) and C. xanthotricha (Attems 1898) from the eastern and north-eastern regions of India. Among these, C. mammifera is recorded for the first time from Assam and West Bengal, and C. kelaarti is newly documented from Nagaland, India.
Keywords
Chondromorpha
Gonopod
India
Millipede
New state record