Millipedes of Australia

Chordeumatida: Metopidiotrichidae:
Nesiothrix spp.

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Nesiothrix mangana Shear & Mesibov, 1997
  Nesiothrix mangana Shear & Mesibov 1997: 163 (in species key),
    164 (first description),
    figs. 54-60, p. 166; figs. 61-65, p. 167; fig. 83 (map), p. 177.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Mt Mangana, Bruny Island, Tas, EM229980, 540 m.
Collector, date. J. Diggle, 9 April 1989.
Other data. National Rainforest Conservation Program, Mt Mangana site 1b; in moss.
Deposited. QVMAG; QVM 23:40235.
Paratypes. As labelled by W. Shear or listed in Shear & Mesibov (1997: 164); all in QVMAG: 5 females or juveniles, details as for holotype but in litter, P. Greenslade, 4 April 1989, QVM 23:40234; 1 female or juvenile, details as for holotype but site 2, in leaf litter P. Greenslade, 4 April 1989, QVM 23:40233; 2 males, details as for holotype but in dead wood, P. Greenslade, QVM 23:40232; 1 male, 4 females or juveniles, details as for holotype but in leaf litter, P. Greenslade, QVM 23:40231.
Note. For Nesiothrix mangana images and distribution map, go to the Nesiothrix page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.

Nesiothrix medialis Shear & Mesibov, 1997
  Nesiothrix medialis Shear & Mesibov 1997: 163 (in species key),
    168 (first description),
    figs. 66-70, p. 169; figs. 71-73, p. 170; fig. 83 (map), p. 177.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Edwards Road, Tas, DN797300, 80-100 m.
Collector, date. R. Mesibov, 15 March - 6 April 1988.
Other data. Regenerated wet eucalypt forest.
Deposited. QVMAG; QVM 23:40237.
Paratypes. 2 males, 6 juveniles, details as for holotype, distributed to AM and AMNH.
  2 males, 4 juveniles, details as for holotype, distributed to USNMNH and VMNH.
Other records. Locally abundant in southern Tas (QVMAG specimens).
Note. For Nesiothrix medialis images and distribution map, go to the Nesiothrix page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.

Nesiothrix tasmanica (Golovatch, 1986)
  Schedotrigona tasmanica Golovatch 1986: 253 (first description),
    fig. 1, p. 254.
  Nesiothrix tasmanica Shear & Mesibov 1997: 163 (in species key, and partial redescription; new combination),
    figs. 46-50, p. 164; figs. 51-53, p. 165; fig. 83 (map), p. 177.
  Schedotrigona tasmanica Shelley et al. 2000: 74. (In genus catalogue, as type of Nesiothrix.)

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Russell Falls, Mt Field National Park, Tas.
Collector, date. C.A.W. Jeekel & A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers, 27 November 1980 (incorrectly given as '27.IX.1980' in Golovatch (1986: 253)).
Other data. Station 107, temperate rainforest with ferntrees along creek, under logs and litter.
Deposited. ZMA.
Other records. Elsewhere in Tas (QVMAG specimens).
Note. For Nesiothrix tasmanica images and distribution map, go to the Nesiothrix page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.