02173nas a2200277 4500008004100000022001400041245018900055210006900244260001500313300001200328490000800340520125900348653001201607653001701619653001201636653001401648653001901662653003001681653001301711100002001724700002201744700002301766700002001789700002001809856006601829 2019 eng d a0024-408200aTaxonomic synthesis of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), utilizing high-detail ultraviolet fluorescence imaging0 aTaxonomic synthesis of the eastern North American millipede genu c18/04/2019 a117-1420 v1873 a

The species of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus are reviewed. Synonyms and comprehensive literature citations are provided for each of the eight recognized species. Diagnostic morphology of the genus, including clarification of male gonopod terminology, is reviewed and defined using scanning electron microscopy and high-quality macrophotographic images, including those in which ultraviolet fluorescence was induced to produce detailed images of morphological structures. Based on the examination of available type material, the following eight species are recognized: (1) Pseudopolydesmus erasus; (2) Pseudopolydesmus canadensis; (3) Pseudopolydesmus collinus; (4) Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum; (5) Pseudopolydesmus minor; (6) Pseudopolydesmus caddo; (7) Pseudopolydesmus paludicolus; and (8) Pseudopolydesmus serratus. The species names Polydesmus neoterus and Polydesmus euthetus are here placed as junior subjective synonyms of Ps. minor (both syn. nov.), and Polydesmus natchitoches is placed as a junior subjective synonym of Ps. pinetorum (syn. nov.).

10aanatomy10abiodiversity10aecology10agenitalia10agenus revision10amorphological systematics10aTaxonomy1 aSierwald, Petra1 aHennen, Derek, A.1 aZahnle, Xavier, J.1 aWare, Stephanie1 aMarek, Paul, E. uhttps://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/187/1/117/5475011