New species of ancient chirping giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar already threatened

Saturday, June 7, 2014 - 12:01 in Biology & Nature

An integrative inventory of chirping giant pill-millipede species in Madagascar revealed seven new species, many of them microendemics. These microendemics that can only be found in small forest fragments, less than a few hundred meters long and wide, are possibly threatened by rainforest destruction.

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