Description of two new species of Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) for the Dominican Republic
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Two new species of the genus Achromoporus Loomis, 1936, are described from the Dominican Republic, increasing to 26 the number of species of this genus from Hispaniola. Illustrations of gonopods and dorsum are presented. The specimens were collect in Peravia Province, Dominican Republic.
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Achromoporus, Chelodesmidae, Diplopoda, new species, Peravia Province, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola
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Pérez-Asso, A. R. 2009. El género Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) en República Dominicana: especies nuevas y sinonimias. Solenodon, 8: 33-81.
Pérez-Asso, A. R. y D. E. Pérez-Gelabert 2001. Checklist of the millipeds (Diplopoda) of Hispaniola. Boletín S.E.A. 28: 67-80.
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.
Hoffman, R. L. 1999. Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virg. Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Public., 8: 288.
Jeekel,C. A. W. 1971. Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus 1758, to the end of 1957. Nederl. Ent. Ver., Amsterdam, 5: 267 (en línea): http://www.biologie.uniulm.de/systax/, citado febrero, 2011.
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. 1996. Revisión del género Amphelictogon (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) en Cuba. Insecta Mundi, 10: (1-4), 181-216.
Pérez-Asso, A. R. 2005. Dos especies y una subespecie nueva de milpiés del género Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) para Hispaniola. Solenodon, 5: pp. 53-59.
Pérez-Asso, A. R. 2009. El género Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) en República Dominicana: especies nuevas y sinonimias. Solenodon, 8: 33-81.
Pérez-Asso, A. R. y D. E. Pérez-Gelabert 2001. Checklist of the millipeds (Diplopoda) of Hispaniola. Boletín S.E.A. 28: 67-80.
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.
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Suriel, C. (2011). Description of two new species of Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) for the Dominican Republic. Novitates Caribaea, (4), 21–30. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i4.148
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