Pterygostegia anops Murakami & Kawasawa, 1976

Mikhaljova, Elena V. & Korsós, Zoltán, 2015, Review of the millipede family Diplomaragnidae of Japan, with description of a new species and the restoration of the combination Diplomaragna hokkaidensis (Verhoeff, 1939) (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Diplomaragnidae), Zootaxa 3914 (5), pp. 569-576 : 571

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6094958
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scientific name	Pterygostegia anops Murakami & Kawasawa, 1976
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Pterygostegia anops Murakami & Kawasawa, 1976 View in CoL

Pterygostegia anops Murakami & Kawasawa 1976: 115 View in CoL –118, fig. 3. Diplopmaragna anops— Shear 1990: 38.

Pterygostegia View in CoL anops— Mikhaljova 2000: 176.

Distribution. Japan (Shikoku Island: Ehimé Prefecture, the boundary between Ehimé and Kôchi prefectures).

Remarks. The species was originally described in Pterygostegia ( Murakami & Kawasawa 1976) , later transferred first to the genus Diplomaragna ( Shear 1990) , then it was returned to Pterygostegia ( Mikhaljova 2000) . This species is only known from its terra typica, i.e. Ehimé Prefecture and the boundary between Ehimé and Kôchi prefectures, Japan. This cave inhabitant is the only species of the genus devoid of eyes.