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Issue: Vol. 5785 No. 3: 31 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5785.3.3
Page range: 467-486
Abstract views: 26
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Unraveling Hypodesmus Cook, 1896: A preliminary taxonomic revision of the neotropical genus (Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae, Trachelodesmini)

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; Museo de Historia Natural; Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Bogotá; Colombia
Grupo de Investigación en Aracnología & Miriapodología (GAM- UN); Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Bogotá; Colombia
Museo de Historia Natural; Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; Bogotá; Colombia
Myriapoda Andes region cloud forest Diplopoda map taxonomy

Abstract

A taxonomic revision of the millipede genus Hypodesmus Cook, 1896 is presented. Female syntypes of the type species, Hypodesmus constrictus (Peters, 1865), are examined and designated as lectotype and paralectotypes. Based on newly collected material, the male is described for the first time, allowing for the generic diagnosis to be confirmed and amended. Type material of Hypodesmus broelemanni Hoffman, 1975 is revised and photographed, and a new record is provided based on recent specimens. Hypodesmus orbiculatus sp. nov. is described from Parque Natural Chicaque, and distribution maps are presented for the genus and for the other members of Trachelodesmini. Finally, additional unidentified material of Trachelodesmini is listed from two Colombian collections.

 

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How to Cite

Romero-Rincon, J., Martínez-Torres, D. & García-Sarmiento, M.J. (2026) Unraveling Hypodesmus Cook, 1896: A preliminary taxonomic revision of the neotropical genus (Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae, Trachelodesmini). Zootaxa, 5785 (3), 467–486. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5785.3.3