Variability in trunk segmentation in the centipede order Scolopendromorpha: A remarkable new species of Scolopendropsis Brandt (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae) from Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1888, 2008, Pages 36-46

  Chagas Junior, Amazonas ^a   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^b   Minelli, Alessandro ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chilopoda; Scolopendrinae; Taxonomy; Tocantins; Trunk segmentation

Indexed keywords

CHILOPODA; GEOPHILOMORPHA; SCOLOPENDRIDAE; SCOLOPENDROMORPHA;

EID: 53649095775     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1888.1.2     Document Type: Article

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