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Issue: Vol. 5659 No. 2: 3 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.2.5
Page range: 223-239
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Two new species of the flat-backed millipede genus Chonodesmus Cook, 1896 (Polydesmida, Cryptodesmidae, Cryptodesmini) from Colombia with a redescription of the type species

Grupo de Investigación en Artrópodos “Kumangui”; Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas; Bogotá; Colombia.; Grupo de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Molecular (GBEM- UN); Departamento de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Bogotá; Colombia.
Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea; Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação; Instituto de Ciências Naturais; Universidade Federal de Lavras; Campus Universitário; P.O. Box 3037; Lavras CEP 37200-000; Minas Gerais; Brazil.; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada; Universidade Federal de Lavras; Lavras CEP 37200-000; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Grupo de Investigación en Aracnología & Miriapodología (GAM-UN); Instituto de Ciências Naturais; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Bogotá; Colombia; Departamento de Biología; Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Bogotá; Colombia.
Museo de Historia Natural; Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Bogotá; Colombia.
Diplopoda neotropical new species taxonomy

Abstract

The millipede genus Chonodesmus Cook, 1896 has so far been represented in Colombia by C. alatus (Peters, 1865) and C. regularis Cook, 1896 both from Bogotá D.C. and by C. gervaisi Hoffman, 1973 from San Agustín, Huila Department. Two new species are described here: C. muisca sp. nov. from three localities in Cundinamarca Department and C. simplex sp. nov. from Parque Natural Regional Ucumarí, Risaralda Department. Chonodesmus alatus, the type species of genus, is revised, illustrated and with its lectotype is here designed. Chonodesmus regularis is considered as a nomen dubium, being based on an immature male holotype. Both C. alatus and C. regularis may prove to actually represent one and the same species, C. alatus by priority, but a clarification must be deferred pending the discovery of topotypes from Bogotá D.C.

 

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How to Cite

Reyes-Peñata, L.A., Romero-Rincon, J., Martínez-Torres, D. & García-Sarmiento, M.J. (2025) Two new species of the flat-backed millipede genus Chonodesmus Cook, 1896 (Polydesmida, Cryptodesmidae, Cryptodesmini) from Colombia with a redescription of the type species. Zootaxa, 5659 (2), 223–239. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.2.5