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Carlos Suriel

Abstract

A new milliped species of the genus Hypselodesmus Loomis, 1941 is described from the southwest of the Dominican Republic, Hispaniola island. This is the second species that has been discovered for this genus.

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Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae, new species, Hypselodesmus, Hispaniola, Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic

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Suriel, C. (2009). A new species of the genus Hypselodesmus Loomis (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) from the southwest of the Dominican Republic. Novitates Caribaea, (2), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i2.180

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