Dasongius Sun & Guo, 2010

Bu, Yun, 2021, Two new species of the genus Dasongius (Myriapoda, Pauropoda, Pauropodidae) from China, Zootaxa 4908 (2), pp. 239-250 : 240

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.5
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Genus Dasongius Sun & Guo, 2010 View in CoL

Syn. Songius Sun & Guo, 2010 View in CoL

Type species. Dasongius rugosus (Sun & Guo, 2010) View in CoL .

Four species known in the genus:

Dasongius bicruris ( Guo & Sun, 2010) View in CoL

Dasongius liupanensis sp. n.

Dasongius rugosus (Sun & Guo, 2010) View in CoL

Dasongius spatulatus sp. n.

Diagnosis. Body subcylindrical; pygidium quadrangular, elongated and much longer than tergum VI; surface of pygidial tergum highly modified as engraved honeycombed pentagonal and tetragonal cellae; pygidial sternum with two pairs of setae, b 1 + b 2; anterior margin of sterna antennal branch s shorter than posterior margin; globulus with short stalk; bothriotricha T 5 straight, strong, with sparse and long pubescence in proximal part; adults with 9 pairs of legs, 1 st and last pairs 5-segmented, interposed pairs 6-segmented ( Guo et al. 2010). It can be easily distinguished from all other genera of family Pauropodidae by its unique engraved honeycomb-like structures on the tergum of pygidium.

Distribution. China ( Anhui, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Ningxia, Shanxi, Shanghai, Sichuan).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Pauropoda
Order	Tetramerocerata
Family	Pauropodidae