Additions to the millipede fauna of an Amazonian ferruginous landscape: a new species of Pseudoporatia Golovatch, 1999 widespread in rock outcrops (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae)

Author(s)

Iniesta, Luiz F. M. ; Bouzan, Rodrigo S. ; Souza, Claudio A. R. ; Zampaulo, Robson A. ; Cizauskas, Igor ; Brescovit, Antonio D.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: ZOOSYSTEMA; v. 40, n. 16, p. 36-pg., 2023-09-13.

Abstract

Here we describe the new species Pseudoporatia kananciue Iniesta, Bouzan, Souza & Brescovit, n. sp., widespread in the Amazonian ferruginous landscape of the state of Para, Brazil. The species differs from its only congener P. perplexa Golovatch, 1999 by the presence of 19 body rings in adults (vs 20 body rings), the position of the porosteles on the paraterga, and the morphology of the gonopods. Notes on its ecology and comments on the diversity of millipedes in the region of Serra dos Carajas, state of Para, Brazil, are also provided. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/00103-8 - Review and cladistic analysis of Arthrosolaenomeridini Hoffman, 1976 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae)
• Grantee: Rodrigo Salvador Bouzan
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master