The millipede family Ammodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) in western Africa

By

VandenSpiegel, Didier
Golovatch, Sergei

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

221

Pages

1-17

Subjects

Ammodesmidae , Ammodesmus , Diplopoda , new species , new synonymy , Polydesmida , taxonomy , western Africa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.221.3739

 

Abstract

Ammodesmidae are represented in western Africa by two species of a single genus, Ammodesmus Cook, 1896 (= Cenchrodesmus Cook, 1896, syn. n.). The type-species A. granum Cook, 1896 (= Cenchrodesmus volutus Cook, 1896, syn. n.) is redescribed, based on neotype selection, as well as on additional samples, often containing numerous specimens, from Liberia, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. A new species is described from Mount Nimba, Guinea: A. nimba sp. n.