''Sechelleptus'' is a genus of millipedes in the family
Spirostreptidae
Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following gene ...
. The genus is found within the East African Indian Ocean islands, including
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
,
The Seychelles,
Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...
, the
Comoro Islands
The Comoro Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the Mozambique Channel, an arm of the Indian Ocean lying between Madagascar and the African mainland. Three of the islands form the Union of the Comoros, a sovereign nation, while Mayotte bel ...
, and
Unguja
Unguja (also referred to as "Zanzibar Island" or simply "Zanzibar", in – as mentioned in The ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'') is the largest and most populated island of the Zanzibar archipelago, in Tanzania.
History
Geography
Unguja is ...
. It contains the following species:
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Sechelleptus aberrans''
(Brölemann, 1923)
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Sechelleptus anulatus''
(Attems, 1914)
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Sechelleptus arborivagus''
VandenSpiegel, Henrard & Mathys, 2021
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Sechelleptus argus''
(Attems, 1896)
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Sechelleptus betaminena''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)
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Sechelleptus confusus''
(Attems, 1950)
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Sechelleptus coriaceus''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901)
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Sechelleptus dauphini''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902)
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Sechelleptus fulgens''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901)
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Sechelleptus gonospinosus''
(Atems, 1910)
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Sechelleptus kalobaptus''
(Attems, 1914)
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Sechelleptus krabbae''
Jeekel, 1999
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Sechelleptus lambertoni''
(Brölemann, 1923)
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Sechelleptus lobifer''
(Attems, 1951)
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Sechelleptus macilentus''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
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Sechelleptus metazonalis''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901)
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Sechelleptus moramangae''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
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Sechelleptus multiporus''
(Attems, 1951)
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Sechelleptus nigritus''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
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Sechelleptus obscuratus''
(Attems, 1914)
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Sechelleptus obscurus''
(Attems, 1951)
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Sechelleptus piesthopygus''
(Attems, 1914)
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Sechelleptus praepolitus''
(Attems, 1910)
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Sechelleptus procerus''
(Attems, 1951)
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Sechelleptus punctatulus''
(Attems, 1910)
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Sechelleptus pyrhozonus
''Sechelleptus'' is a genus of millipedes in the family Spirostreptidae. The genus is found within the East African Indian Ocean islands, including Madagascar, Seychelles, The Seychelles, Mauritius, the Comoro Islands, and Unguja. It contains the ...
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(Gerstäcker, 1873)
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Sechelleptus scabricollis''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
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Sechelleptus seychellarum''
(Desjardins, 1835)
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Sechelleptus speculorbis''
(Attems, 1910)
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Sechelleptus sulcicollis''
(De Saussure & Zehntner, 1897)
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Sechelleptus unilineatus''
Golovatch & Korsós, 1992
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Sechelleptus variabilis''
VandenSpiegel & Golovatch, 2007
References
Spirostreptida
Taxa described in 1980
Millipede genera
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