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Issue: Vol. 4413 No. 2: 23 Apr. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.11
Page range: 389–391
Abstract views: 60
PDF downloaded: 2

A replacement name for Dalodesmus  sakalava (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1901) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae)

West Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia 7315.
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C.P. 6434, CH-1211 Genève 6, Switzerland.
Myriapoda Diplopoda Polydesmida Dalodesmidae

Abstract

Polydesmus (Pterodesmus) voeltzkowi nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for Polydesmus (Pterodesmus) sakalava de Saussure & Zehntner, 1901, now Dalodesmus sakalava (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1901), a junior primary homonym of Polydesmus sakalava de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897.

 

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