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Issue: Vol. 292 No. 1: 9 Sept. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.292.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 19

Rhinocricidae Systematics I: The taxonomic placement of the species of Zipyge Chamberlin, 1925 and Oxypygides Chamberlin, 1922 (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae: Oxypyginae)

East Carolina University, Department of Biology, Howell Science Complex –N411, Greenville, NC 27858
East Carolina University, Department of Biology, Howell Science Complex –N411, Greenville, NC 27858
Myriapoda Diplopoda milliped Spirobolida Oxypyge millipede taxonomy Rhinocricidae classification

Abstract

The rhinocricid genera Zipyge and Oxypygides are considered to be junior synonyms of the genus Oxypyge.The following new combinations are established:Oxypyge lapidicina (Chamberlin, 1922) and Oxypyge mesites (Chamberlin, 1922), both from Oxypygides. The current status of rhinocricid generic level taxonomy is introduced, the limits of Oxypyge Silvestri are discussed, and the type specimens of the type species of the nominal genera Zipyge and Oxypygides are redescribed.

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