The millipede family Ammodesmidae (Diplopoda,Polydesmida) in western Africa |
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| Authors: | Didier VandenSpiegel Sergei Golovatch |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Royal Museum for Central Africa, Invertebrate Section, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium ;2.Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071 Russia |
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| 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 Ammodesmus 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: Ammodesmus nimbasp. n. |
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| Keywords: | Diplopoda Polydesmida Ammodesmidae Ammodesmus taxonomy new species new synonymy western Africa |
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