Tupadesmus (Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae) and T. muyrakyta, a new millipede genus and species from the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, with a checklist of the Chelodesmidae of Pará State
Bouzan, R.S.; Means, J.C.; Ivanov, K.; Brescovit, A.D.; Iniesta, L.F.M. (2024). Tupadesmus (Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae) and T. muyrakyta, a new millipede genus and species from the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, with a checklist of the Chelodesmidae of Pará State. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 61(1): 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.5735/086.061.0101
In: Annales Zoologici Fennici. Akateeminen Kirjakauppa: Helsinki. ISSN 0003-455X; e-ISSN 1797-2450, more
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- Bouzan, R.S.
- Means, J.C.
- Ivanov, K.
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- Brescovit, A.D.
- Iniesta, L.F.M.
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| Abstract |
A new genus, Tupadesmus (Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae), and a new species, T. muyrakyta (type species for the genus) are herein described from the Amazon rainforest of northern Brazil. Tupadesmus pugiunculus (Schubart, 1946), new combination, is placed in the new genus. We compared the new genus with other Chelodesminae taxa, in particular with Eucampesmella, Brachyurodesmus and Arthrosolaenomeridini. Males of the genus Tupadesmus differ from those of other Chelodesmidae genera by the presence of well-defined striations surrounding incisura lateralis and by the gonopodal prefemoral process divided into two thin, elongate, subequal and acuminate branches. An updated checklist of the Chelodesmidae of Pará State, Brazil, is also provided. |
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