title: The millipede genus Riukiaria Attems, 1938 in continental China, with descriptions of new species (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae).
abstract: Fresh collections of Diplopoda from China contain five new species of the large, East Asian, warm temperate to subtropical genus Riukiaria: R. martensi sp. nov., from Shaanxi Province, as well as R. belousovi sp. nov., R. kabaki sp. nov., R. korolevi sp. nov. and R. davidiani sp. nov. from Sichuan Province. A key is given to all eight Riukiaria species currently known to occur in mainland China, including R. tianmu (Tanabe, Ishii & Yin, 1996), comb. nov. ex Sinoria Tanabe, Ishii & Yin, 1996, the latter genus a new junior subjective synonym of Riukiaria, syn. nov.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.; Email: sgolovatch@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Golovatch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity