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Carlos Suriel

Abstract

A compilation of existing literature on the genus Achromoporus Loomis, 1936, was made, updating the information on its taxonomy, with the inclusion of new synonyms and name combinations; records of new localities and data concerning the fate of the types is included.

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Achromoporus, compilation, taxonomy, distribution, new records, destination of the types

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Hoffman, R. L. 1999. Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virg. Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Public. 8: 288 pp.

Loomis, H. F. 1936. The millipeds of Hispaniola, with descriptions of a new family, new genera, and new species. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 80 (1): 3-197.

Loomis, H. F. 1941. Millipeds collected in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic by Dr. P. J. Darlington in 1938. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 88 (2): 17-80. Pérez-Asso, A. R. 2005. Dos especies y una subespecie nueva de milpiés del género Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) para Hispaniola. Solenodon 5: 53-59.

Pérez-Asso, A. R. 2009. El género Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) en República Dominicana: especies nuevas y sinonimias. Solenodon 8: 33-81.

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Pérez-Gelabert, D. E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. ZOOTAXA 1831, 71, pp. 530.

Suriel, C. 2010. Dos especies nuevas del género Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) del Parque Nacional José del Carmen Ramírez. Novitates Caribaea 3: 13-21.

Suriel, C. 2011. Descripción de dos especies nuevas de Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) para la República Dominicana. Novitates Caribaea 4: 21-30.

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Suriel, C. (2013). Status of genus Achromoporus Loomis, 1936: taxonomic and distribution update with new records of localities. Novitates Caribaea, (6), 99–104. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i6.129

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