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Giant Pill-Millipedes from Madagascar

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Project title: 
Diversity and origin of the giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar
ZFMK Project lead: 
Dr. Thomas Wesener
Unit: 
Myriapoda
Object of research: 
Millipedes

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The origin of the giant pill-millipedes was disputed for a long time. Surprisingly, their closest relatives were found in India (5.000 km apart) and not in closeby Africa.

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Dr. Thomas Wesener
Head of Section Myriapoda
Curator
Responsible Editor Bonn zoological Bulletin - Supplementum
Myriapoda
+49 228 9122-425
+49 228 9122-212
t.wesener [at] leibniz-zfmk.de