Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1996

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by Perez-Asso.

Abstract

Resumen:
La revisión del material tipo y de especímenes colectados recientemente del género Amphelictogon (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), ofrece los siguientes resultados: Una combinación nueva (Rhacophorus magrtus pasa a Amphelictogoli. magnus); seis sinónimos nuevos (A. rubripes, A. sygethus, A. guantanamanus, A. flavipes sinónimos de A. cubanus; A. bidens sinónimo de A. subterraneus; A. atricolor sinónimo de A. magnus); tres status nuevos (A. bahamiensis, A. dolius, A. pinetorum pasan a subspecies de A. subterraneus) y dos taxones en status incierto (A. juvenis, A. maculatus). Se describen e ilustran por primera vez los machos de A. dentatus. Se describen cuatro especies nuevas (A . thomasi, A. hoffmani, A. alayoni, A. garridoi). Se propone agrupar los taxones en tres grupos de especies (grupo cubanus, grupo suterraneus, grupo magnus).

Abstract:
Type specimens and freshly collected specimens of the genus Amphelictogon (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) were studied. Four new species are described (A. thomasi, A. hoffmani, A. alayoni, and A. garridoi). A new combination was established (Rhacophorus magnus becomes Amphelictogon magnus). A. rubripes, A. sygethus, A. guantanamanus, and A. flavipes are synonymous of A. cubanus. A. . bidens is synonymous of A. subterraneus, and A. atricolor is synonymous of A. magnus. A. bahamiensis, A. dolius, and A. pinetorum become subspecies of A. subterraneus. The status of two species, A. juvenis and A. maculatus, is uncertain. Males of A. dentatus are described and illustrated for the first time. The clustering of Cuban taxa in three groups of species, cubanus, subterraneus, and magnus, is recommended.

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