Golovatch S.I. 2025. The Afrotropical millipede, Xanthodesmus vagans (Carl, 1909): the first meaningful iconography and a record new to the fauna of Ethiopia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) // Invert. Zool. Vol.22. No.2: P.367–371 [in English].

Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia.

Sergei  Golovatch: sgolovatch@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7159-5484

doi: 10.15298/invertzool.22.2.11

ABSTRACT. The Afrotropical diplopod, Xanthodesmus vagans (Carl, 1909) is redescribed and properly illustrated, based on samples from the population introduced to the Gulele Botanical Garden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Its source area, however, remains obscure.

KEY WORDS: taxonomy, description, introduction.

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