@article {1356, title = {Taxonomic review of the millipede genus Haematotropis Jeekel, 2000 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae, Aphelidesminae) with descriptions of thirteen new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5064}, year = {2021}, month = {08/11/2021}, pages = {1-71}, type = {Monograph}, abstract = {

The northern South American genus Haematotropis Jeekel, 2000 is shown to presently encompass 21 species, all duly redescribed, illustrated, keyed, and mapped, including 13 new species: H. amazonica sp. nov. (Amazonas, Brazil), H. aripuanensis sp. nov. (Mato Grosso, Brazil), H. callyi sp. nov. (French Guiana), H. dentata sp. nov. (Maranh\ão, Brazil), H. disjunctoides sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. goeldii sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. jurutiensis sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. driki sp. nov. (Amazonas, Brazil), H. melgacensis sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. mosaica sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. paraensis sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. poranga sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil) and H. tysoni sp. nov. (Amazonas, Brazil). New characters are used in all descriptions and redescriptions. Aphelidesmus guianensis Chamberlin, 1923, the type species of Ochrotropis Jeekel, 2000, is a new junior synonym of Aphelidesmus divergens Chamberlin, 1918, comb. nov. ex Ochrotropis in Haematotropis.

}, keywords = {Aphelidesmus, key, map, Myriapoda, Neotropical Regi{\'o}n, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5064.1.1}, url = {https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5064.1.1}, author = {Almeida, Tha{\'\i}s and Bueno-Villegas, Juli{\'a}n and Rafael, Jos{\'e}} } @article {345, title = {Xanthotropis, a new genus in the Neotropical millipede subfamily Aphelidesminae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4471}, year = {2018}, month = {05/09/2018}, pages = {351-360}, abstract = {

The monotypic taxon Xanthotropis n. gen. is established to accommodate Haematotropis media Golovatch, Hoffman \& Spelda, 2004, known only from the vicinity of Manaus, Brazil, as it is incompatible with both its originally assigned genus and Aphelidesmus Br\ölemann, 1898, a suggested alternative. Xanthotropis is defined primarily by minute teeth on paranota 2\–4, a sublinear posterior margin of the telson, and an elongated, distally expanded/laminate acropodite. The\  Br\ölemann, 1916, range from northeastern Mexico and Tobago to northern Brazil and southwestern Peru; a questionable more-northerly record, from Monterey, Mexico, requires verification with fresh material. One of two families of the polydesmidan superfamily Platyrhacoidea (Leptodesmidea), Aphelidesmidae comprises two subfamilies, the nominate and Amplininae Hoffman, 1954. The latter has been addressed by several authors, and we here review Aphelidesminae by providing full synonymies, a literature review, and a key to its four genera: Aphelidesmus Br\ölemann, 1898; Haematotropis and Ochrotropis, both by Jeekel, 2000; and Xanthotropis n. gen.

}, keywords = {acropodite, Amazonia, Brazil, Haematotropis, paranota, prefemur}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.7}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4471.2.7}, author = {De Almeida, Tha{\'\i}s Melo and Shelley, Rowland M. and Rafael, Jos{\'e} Albertino} }