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species
Order
Polyxenida
Family
Lophoproctidae
Genus
Lophoturus
Family
Polyxenidae
Genus
Propolyxenus
Unixenus
Family
Synxenidae
Genus
Phryssonotus
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Polyxenida: Polyxenidae:
Propolyxenus spp.
Go to Propolyxenus synonymy on Polyxenidae introduction page.
Propolyxenus forsteri Condé, 1951
Propolyxenus forsteri Condé 1951: 10 (first description),
unnumbered fig., p. 11
Propolyxenus forsteri Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 100. (In Polyxenida checklist.)
Types. Male, female & juvenile syntypes.
Type collections. (All South Island, NZ) 2 males, 7 females, 16 juveniles, Okuku Pass, 7 August 1949, F. McGregor;
14 males ,9 females, 21 juveniles, Cass, 10 July 1949, R.R. Forster;
1 male, 1 female, 1 indeterminate adult, Lake Janet, Mount Grey, 1 August 1949, R.R. Forster.
Deposited. NZCM (Condé 1951: 9).
Other records. Scattered locations in Tasmania and on Prime Seal Island in Bass Strait (M. Short, in litt.). Mesibov (2001) describes a search for this species.
Note. For images of a Tasmanian specimen, see the Polyxenida page on the Tasmanian Multipedes website.
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