Description

Remarks. Originally described from North Korea (Mikhaljova et al., 2000), and previously known only from there, hence Angarozonium munsunum is new for the fauna of the South Korea. This species is the only representative of the genus currently known to occur in Korea. The records of A. bonum (Mikhaljova, 1979) in North Korea (Golovatch, 1980, 1981; Mikhaljova & Kim, 1993; Lim, 2001) appear to be misidentifications; these mistakes were revealed by a restudy (Mikhaljova, 2002) of the formerly misidentified male from North Korea. The identity of the localities proves that Lim et al. (1992) misidentified A. munsunum specimens from Mt. Chiri, South Korea as belonging to A. bonum. A. munsunum differs from congeners by the inner coxal process of the anterior gonopods being closely adjacent to and finally fusing with the telopodite as well as by a coaxially placed telopodite of the anterior gonopods and by the apex of distal podomere of anterior gonopod telopodite devoid of setae or any processes. The above material appears to show some variation in gonopod structure. Thus, the anterior gonopod telopodites are placed parallel to main axis in the paratype, being placed under a small angle to the main axis in South Korean males. The size of the anterior gonopod sternite varies as well.

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Diplopoda

Order: Polyzoniida

Family: Polyzoniidae

Genus: Angarozonium

Species: Angarozonium munsunum Mikhaljova, Golovatch & Wytwer, 2000