The South Asian millipede genus Chondromorpha Silvestri, 1897 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae, Sulciferini): redescriptions and synonymies

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作者
Sankaran, Pradeep M. [1 ]
Sebastian, Pothalil A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Sacred Heart Coll, Dept Zool, Div Arachnol, Cochin 682013, Kerala, India
关键词
distribution; India; junior synonym; pantropical; taxonomy; MYRIAPODA; INDIA;
D O I
10.11646/zootaxa.4350.1.3
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
The South Asian millipede genus Chondromorpha Silvestri, 1897 is diagnosed and its relationship with Parchondromorpha Jeekel, 1980 is established. The species C. atopus (Chamberlin, 1920) and C. indus (Chamberlin, 1920), as well as the subspecies C. kelaarti kelaarti (Humbert, 1865), C. kelaarti longipes (Verhoeff, 1936) and C. kelaarti valparaiensis (Carl, 1932) are recognised as junior synonyms of C. kelaarti (Humbert, 1865), thereby reducing the total number of Chondromorpha spp. in India to four: C. kaimura Turk, 1947, C. kelaarti, C. mammifera Attems, 1936 and C. severini Silvestri, 1897 (the type-species). Two species, C. kelaarti and C. mammifera, are redescribed and illustrated in detail. All four Indian Chondromorpha spp. are keyed, and the known distribution records of C. kelaarti and C. mammifera are mapped.
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