Two new Brazilian species of Chelodesmidae of the genera Iguazus and Tessarithys (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

By

Bouzan, Rodrigo S.
Pena-Barbosa, João Paulo P.
Brescovit, Antonio D.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-8-11

Original Publication

NeoBiota : advancing research on alien species and biological invasions

Volume

34

Pages

1--8

Subjects

Brazil , Chelodesminae , Millipedes , Neotropical , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sophia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.34.e19986

 

Abstract

Two new species of Chelodesmidae from the Brazilian northeast are described,Iguazus robustussp. nov., from the state of Paraíba, andTessarithys exacuminatussp. nov., from the states of Pernambuco and Sergipe.Iguazus robustussp. nov.differs from other species of the genus by having a constriction in the zone of the gonopodal acropodite tip and an extra branch at the tip of the acropodite.Tessarithys exacuminatussp. nov.differs from the other species of the genus by the large and ascending subterminal dorsal branch of the prefemoral process of the gonopod. Brief reviews of the taxonomy, geographic distribution and a key for males of the respective genera are provided.