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Issue: Vol. 5099 No. 1: 10 Feb. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.1.7
Page range: 137-145
Abstract views: 335
PDF downloaded: 197

The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IV. Amplaria oedipus, n. sp., with a secondary sexual modification of males unique among millipedes (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

Professor Emeritus, Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 USA, current address: 1950 Price Drive, Farmville VA 23901 USA.
8921 Wooded Hills Court, Damascus OR 97089.
Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061 USA.
Myriapoda new species Oregon

Abstract

A new species, Amplaria oedipus, is described from Oregon, USA. Males of the new species have greatly inflated pyriform tarsi on the 5th and 6th legpairs, which is a secondary sexual modification previously not known from any other millipede.

 

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