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Tibiozus vulgaris Mwabvu & VandenSpiegel, 2009
1006908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1006908)
accepted
Species
Mwabvu, T.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2009). Spirostreptid Millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) of the Taita Hills, Kenya, Including Descriptions of Three New Species. <em>In: Roble, S. M.; Mitchell, J. C. (eds.). 2009. A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman 's 80th Birthday. Virginia Museum of Natural Hi story Special Publication No. 16, Martinsville, VA.</em> Pp. 195-207.
page(s): 196, 203, 205, 206, figs. 11-12; note: as Tibiozus? vulgaris. Remarks: Tibiozus is one of the poorly defined genera of the family Spirostreptidae and the generic status of T vulgaris would need to be investigated further once other African...
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page(s): 196, 203, 205, 206, figs. 11-12; note: as Tibiozus? vulgaris. Remarks: Tibiozus is one of the poorly defined genera of the family Spirostreptidae and the generic status of T vulgaris would need to be investigated further once other African...
as Tibiozus? vulgaris. Remarks: Tibiozus is one of the poorly defined genera of the family Spirostreptidae and the generic status of T vulgaris would need to be investigated further once other African spirostreptid genera have been revised; the present placement is therefore tentative. The species is widespread within the Taita Hills and was always caught in the forest.
Type locality contained in Kenya
type locality contained in Kenya [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Tibiozus vulgaris Mwabvu & VandenSpiegel, 2009. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1006908 on 2026-07-18
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Mwabvu, T.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2009). Spirostreptid Millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) of the Taita Hills, Kenya, Including Descriptions of Three New Species. <em>In: Roble, S. M.; Mitchell, J. C. (eds.). 2009. A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman 's 80th Birthday. Virginia Museum of Natural Hi story Special Publication No. 16, Martinsville, VA.</em> Pp. 195-207.
page(s): 196, 203, 205, 206, figs. 11-12; note: as Tibiozus? vulgaris. Remarks: Tibiozus is one of the poorly defined genera of the family Spirostreptidae and the generic status of T vulgaris would need to be investigated further once other African...
[details]
page(s): 196, 203, 205, 206, figs. 11-12; note: as Tibiozus? vulgaris. Remarks: Tibiozus is one of the poorly defined genera of the family Spirostreptidae and the generic status of T vulgaris would need to be investigated further once other African...
as Tibiozus? vulgaris. Remarks: Tibiozus is one of the poorly defined genera of the family Spirostreptidae and the generic status of T vulgaris would need to be investigated further once other African spirostreptid genera have been revised; the present placement is therefore tentative. The species is widespread within the Taita Hills and was always caught in the forest.
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
