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original description
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... 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.
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