Hylekobolus latifrons Wesener, 2009
Wide-headed wood-millipede
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Rudolf & Wesener, 2017b)
Last (and only) record: 1926 (Rudolf & Wesener, 2017b)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Madagascar (southeastern)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wesener, T., Enghoff, H.and Sierwald, P. (2009). Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'Fire Millipedes' (Diplopoda). Zookeys 19: 1-128.
Other references:
Harper, G. J., Steininger, M. K., Tucker, C. J., Juhn, D. and Hawkins, F. (2007). Fifty years of deforestation and forest fragmentation in Madagascar. Environmental Conservation 34: 325-333.
Rudolf, E. and Wesener, T. (2017a). Hylekobolus latifrons. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T80582657A80582685. Downloaded on 29 May 2017.
Rudolf, E. and Wesener, T. (2017b). Hylekobolus latifrons. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T80582657A80582685. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T80582657A80582685.en. Accessed on 26 March 2025.
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