▲ 1 ▼ Colobothrix deckeri — new millipede from Kangaroo Island, South Australia (europe.pub) submitted 3 days ago by hiphopheaven@programming.dev [M] to c/newspeciesdiscoveries@programming.dev comment fedilink hide all child comments A millipede from South Australia, rediscovered after its first specimen was collected in 1936 and described as a new genus, Colobothrix, in ZooKeys. Found on Kangaroo Island and Yorke Peninsula. News reported 27 October 2026. News article: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-millipede-south-australia-rediscovered-years.html Second image: sphaerotrichome cluster, scanning electron micrograph by Robert Mesibov: https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2026/a-millipede-from-south-1.jpg Image: Ben Parslow, SAMA.
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