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Redescription and new combination for Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, with a new name for the homonym Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)

  • 1. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), C/José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2. 28006, Madrid. Spain
  • 2. Instituto de Investigación CIBIO (Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad). Parque Científico. Universidad de Alicante. Ctra. San Vicente del Raspeig s/n. 03690-San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain

Description

The Mexican millipede Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, has remained as incertae sedis for over a century.
Examination of the holotype shows that the species belongs to Amplinus, a genus of the large polydesmidan
family Aphelidesmidae. Here, we present a full redescription of the holotype of Amplinus flavocarinatus (Daday,
1889) comb. nov. On the other hand, Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (currently included in the genus
Pycnotropis) is a junior primary homonym of E. flavocarinatus Daday, 1889 and, to solve this issue, the name
eng Recuero & Aguado-Aranda new name is proposed to replace Silvestri’s name.

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