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Diplopoda; Aphelidesminae; taxonomy; new species; key; Amazonia
Abstract:
The Central and northern South American millipede subfamily Aphelidesminae appears to be represented in Amazonia by seven species in three genera, i.e. Aphelidesmus junki n.sp., from Loreto Province, Peru and the environs of Manaus, Brazil, Ochrotropis elongata (BRÖLEMANN, 1905), comb.n. ex Aphelidesmus; Haematotropis octocentra (BRÖLEMANN, 1905), H. media n.sp., all from near Manaus, Brazil, H. macapa n.sp., and H. disjuncta n.sp., both from Amapá state, Brazil. Considering also H. bella (ATTEMS, 1937) from Santarém, Brazil, a key has been compiled to these seven aphelidesmine species currently known to occur in Amazonia.
