A species checklist of the millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) of India Author Golovatch, Sergei I. Author Wesener, Thomas text Zootaxa 2016 4129 1 1 75 journal article 38705 10.11646/zootaxa.4129.1.1 48180edd-0faa-4550-adfd-fffe4c5044c2 1175-5326 257571 04127BF8-A4D7-4004-9800-07536D0A15EB Mardonius importatus Demange, 1977 Mardonius importatus Demange, 1977b : 238 , 241 (D). India , Alagarkovil Hills, Bellary Fields. Remarks: This species seems to be the only representative of the primarily Afro- and Neotropical family Spirostreptidae that has been recorded from India . Both other component species of the genus are restricted to central and eastern Africa (cf. Krabbe 1982 ), whereas M. importatus has definitely been introduced to India , although its native area remains unknown.