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Zootaxa
; 4950(3): zootaxa.4950.3.8, 2021 Mar 31.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33903431
ABSTRACT
A new large species of the millipede genus Prionopetalum Attems, 1909, P. nessiae sp. nov. from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, is described, with SEM imaging and illustrations of relevant taxonomic characters, and mapped. Comments on the significance of sternum 9 in descriptions of Odontopygidae, and on the intrageneric differences in Prionopetalum, are included.
Subject(s)
Arthropods , Animals , Arthropods/classification , Arthropods/physiology , Tanzania
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Zootaxa
; 4483(3): 579-590, 2018 Sep 24.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30313783
ABSTRACT
Five new Neotropical species of the flesh fly genus Boettcheria Parker, 1914 are described: B. brachion sp. nov. (Venezuela), B. dikros sp. nov. (Costa Rica), B. hirta sp. nov. (Costa Rica), B. tridens sp. nov. (Venezuela), and B. ulo sp. nov. (Venezuela). The definition of the genus is briefly discussed.