Redefinición del género <i>Propolydesmus</i> Verhoeff, 1895 y revisión del género en las islas Canarias (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae)

H. Enghoff; S. I. Golovatch

doi:10.3989/graellsia.2003.v59.i1.225

The millipede genus Propolydesmus Verhoeff, 1895 redefined, with a revision of the genus in the Canary Islands (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae)

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H. Enghoff Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
S. I. Golovatch Institute for Problems of Ecology & Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 117071 (V-71)

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https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2003.v59.i1.225

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Diplopoda, Polydesmidae, Propolydesmus, taxonomy, Canary Islands

Abstract

The genus Propolydesmus Verhoeff, 1895 is redefined, with Hormobrachium Attems, 1940 considered as its subjective junior synonym (syn. n.!); it currently encompasses at least a dozen valid species ranging from Macaronesia in the west to Central Europe in the east. Two species of Propolydesmus are known from the Canary Islands: P. laevidentatus (Loksa, 1967) (=Polydesmus brincki Demange, 1970, syn. n.!), comb. n. ex Polydesmus, occurring in Madeira, the Azores and Tenerife, Canary Islands, and P. dismilus (Berlese, 1891), comb. n. ex Polydesmus, which is newly recorded from Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Tenerife). Gonopods of both these species are illustrated, and the range of variation in P. laevidentatus is shown to be considerable.

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H. Enghoff, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø

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2003-06-30

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Enghoff H, Golovatch SI. The millipede genus Propolydesmus Verhoeff, 1895 redefined, with a revision of the genus in the Canary Islands (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae). Graellsia [Internet]. 2003Jun.30 [cited 2025May1];59(1):79-86. Available from: https://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/225

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Vol. 59 No. 1 (2003)

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