A mountain of millipedes XII. The Chelodesmidae of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)
The species of the millipede family Chelodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mountains are (re)described, including one new genus and six new species: Morogorius divisus Enghoff sp. nov., M. louishanseni Enghoff sp. nov., M. pugio Enghoff sp. nov., M. kitugulu Enghoff sp. nov., M. cochlear Enghoff sp. nov., Tanzaniella howelli Hoffman, 1977, Dionaeadesmus force Enghoff gen. et sp. nov., and Callistocilla dolorotrix Hoffman, 2005. Tanzaniella howelli is also recorded from Magombera Nature Reserve. The discussion includes comments on paranotal microsculpture, globular structures flanking the spinnerets, a gonopodal coxal process, altitudinal distribution, and the possible recent immigration of T. howelli into the Udzungwa Mts.
Authors
- Hamidu R. Mnendendo
- Alain Senghor K. Ngute (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7090-5452)
- Exaud E. Kivambe
- Henrik Enghoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2764-8750)
- Andrew R. Marshall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3261-7326)
- Waziri Mhagawale
- Robin C. Malanda
- Athuman Mpoto
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University of the Sunshine Coast (AU)
- Tanzania National Parks (TZ)
- Natural History Museum Aarhus (DK)
- Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Taxonomy
- Published
- 2025-06-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.997.2935
- Primary Topic
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00