Chamberlineptus
| Chamberlineptus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Spirostreptida |
| Family: | Spirostreptidae |
| Genus: | Chamberlineptus Causey, 1954 |
| Species: | C. morechalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chamberlineptus morechalensis Causey, 1954 | |
Chamberlineptus morechalensis, the sole species of the genus Chamberlineptus is a spirostreptid millipede from Venezuela. Individuals are around 10 cm (3.9 in) long and 5.4 to 7 mm (0.21 to 0.28 in) in diameter.[1] C. morechalensis was described in 1954 by Nell B. Causey, described as similar to the spirostrpetid Andineptus in the structure of the gonopods (male reproductive appendages).[1] However, J. M. Demange (1970) and Jean-Paul Mauriès (1975) considered both Chamberlineptus and Andineptus to be taxonomic synonyms, or at least subgenera, of Orthoporus.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 Causey, Nell B. (1954). "New Mexican and Venezuelan millipeds in the collection of the Illinois State Natural History Survey". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 67: 55–68.
- ↑ Demange, J. M. (1970). "Éléments d'une révision des Spirostreptidae. I. Étude de quelques caractères taxonomiques des Spirostreptinae". Bull. Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire Dakar, A 32 (2): 366–411.
- ↑ Mauriès, Jean-Paul (1975). "Spirostreptides (Myriapodes-Diplopoda) de Guyane française. Description de deux genres nouveaux. Compléments aux diagnoses des types d'espèces sud-américaines" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 3rd series (in French and English). Zoologie 235 (333): 1257–1275.
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