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Barydesmus orellanus Recuero & Sánchez-Vialas 2018, new combination

Description

Barydesmus orellanus (Chamberlin, 1941) new combination

Aymaresmus orellanus Chamberlin, 1941: 496, fig. 174–177 (original description).

Platyrhacus orellanus: Jeekel 1963: 89 (combination).

Types: ♂ holotype from Peru: Orellana, III-1927. Deposited at the AMNH, cat. no. 9489 (Chamberlin 1941), we could not confirm its current state.

Distribution: known only from the type locality.

Notes

Published as part of Recuero, Ernesto & Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, 2018, A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae, pp. 245-273 in Zootaxa 4482 (2) on pages 257-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1453225

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH
Scientific name authorship
Recuero & Sánchez-Vialas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Polydesmida
Family
Platyrhacidae
Genus
Barydesmus
Species
orellanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Barydesmus orellanus (Chamberlin, 1941) sec. Recuero & Sánchez-Vialas, 2018

References

  • Chamberlin, R. V. (1941) On a collection of millipedes and centipedes from Northeastern Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of natural History, 78, 473 - 535.
  • Jeekel, C. A. W. (1963) Diplopoda of Guiana (1 - 5). Studies on the fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas, 4, 1 - 157.