A new East African genus of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), with notes on their fungal ectoparasite Rickia gigas

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A new East African genus of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), with notes on their fungal ectoparasite Rickia gigas. / Enghoff, Henrik.

I: Zootaxa, Bind 4273, Nr. 4, 07.06.2017, s. 501-530.

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Enghoff, H 2017, 'A new East African genus of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), with notes on their fungal ectoparasite Rickia gigas', Zootaxa, bind 4273, nr. 4, s. 501-530. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4273.4.3

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Enghoff, H. (2017). A new East African genus of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), with notes on their fungal ectoparasite Rickia gigas. Zootaxa, 4273(4), 501-530. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4273.4.3

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Enghoff H. A new East African genus of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), with notes on their fungal ectoparasite Rickia gigas. Zootaxa. 2017 jun. 7;4273(4):501-530. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4273.4.3

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Enghoff, Henrik. / A new East African genus of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), with notes on their fungal ectoparasite Rickia gigas. I: Zootaxa. 2017 ; Bind 4273, Nr. 4. s. 501-530.

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title = "A new East African genus of spirostreptid millipedes (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae), with notes on their fungal ectoparasite Rickia gigas",
abstract = "The new genus Tropostreptus is erected to accommodate seven species which are all endemic in Tanzania: T. hamatus(Demange, 1977) (type species, = Spirostreptus hamatus Demange, 1977), T. sigmatospinus sp. nov., T. microcephalussp. nov., T. droides sp. nov., T. kipunji spec. nov., T. austerus (Attems, 1950) (= Epistreptus austerus Attems, 1950) and T. severus sp. nov. All but one (T. sigmatospinus) of the species are restricted to the Eastern Arc Mts. in a wide sense, i.e., including Mt. Rungwe. Notes are included on Rickia gigas Santamaria et al., 2016 (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales), which infects several Tropostreptus species. The typical, long-celled form of R. gigas grows on body parts of both sexes coming into contact during copulation, whereas a short-celled form also ascribed to R. gigas grows on the hind margin of body rings of both sexes. A key to Tropostreptus species is included.",
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