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

Authors: Vanden Spiegel, Didier DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.221.3739 Published: Jan. 1, 2012 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Diplopoda · Topics: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

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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.

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