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Vol. 60, 2021
(update: 2021.03.15; 05.25)
Two New Species of the
Brazilian Millipede Genus Rhicnosthetus
Hoffman, 2006 (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), Including a Key to Males
Rodrigo
Salvador Bouzan1,2,*, Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta1,2,
and Antonio Domingos Brescovit1
doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-21
1Laboratório
de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Avenida Vital Brasil, 1500,
05503-090, São Paulo, Brasil. *Correspondence: E-mail:
rodrigobouzan@outlook.com (Bouzan)
E-mail: antonio.brescovit@butantan.gov.br (Brescovit)
2Pós-graduação
em Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São
Paulo, Brasil. E-mail: luiz-moretti@hotmail.com (Iniesta)
Received 9 November 2019 / Accepted 18
February 2021
Communicated by Benny K.K. Chan
The genus Rhicnosthetus Hoffman, 2006 is
revisited. Two new species from state of Mato Grosso, Brazil are
described: Rhicnosthetus chagasi
sp. nov. and Rhicnosthetus
penabarbosai sp. nov. In addition, a new record for R. rondoni Hoffman, 2006, a key to
males and a distribution map of all species are included.
Key words: Neotropical, Diplopoda,
Millipedes, Chelodesminae, Amazon rainforest.
Citation: Bouzan RS, Iniesta LFM,
Brescovit AD. 2021. Two new species of the Brazilian millipede genus Rhicnosthetus Hoffman, 2006
(Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), including a key to males. Zool Stud 60:21. doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-21.
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