Title:

A synopsis of the milliped genus Brachycybe Wood, 1864 (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae)

Subtitle:

Fragmenta Faunistica, vol. 48, no. 2 ; Rewizja rodzaju Brachycybe Wood, 1864 krocionogów (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae)

Creator:

Shelley, Rowland M. ; McAllister, Chris T. ; Tanabe, Tsutomu (1962– ) ; Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2005

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 162-165 ; P. 137-166 : ill. ; 25 cm ; Abstarct in Polish. Taxa in Latin.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Brachycybe ; myriapods ; Myriapoda ; Diplopoda ; taxonomic revision ; identification key ; classification ; bibliography ; geographical distribution ; millipedes

Abstract:

The milliped genus Brachycybe Wood, 1864 (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae) comprises seven species in the eastern and western United States (two and three species, respectively) and Japan/South Korea and China (onespecies each); it is provisionally assigned to a broad-bodied platydesmid in Taiwan that may constitute an eighthspecies. Brachycybe is characterized by long, alate paranota, distinct dorsal tubercles, and closely proximate opposing legs that are separated by an anteriorly directed process. Species are identified by somatic features like the configurations of the colla, the presence or absence of notches on the caudal paranotal margins, the relative sizes of the tubercles and lengths of the rows, and the relative lengths of the legs; a key and anatomical illustrations facilitate determinations. Distributions are characterized by allopatric populations indicative of age; extreme disjunctions exist in B. lecontii Wood, 1864, and B. producta Loomis, 1936, in the eastern and western US, respectively. The former is projected for the southeastern corner of Kansas and is newly documented from Missouri and Texas; the latter is newlyrecorded from Oregon. Sinocybe Loomis, 1942, is placed in synonymy under Brachycybe, and S. cooki Loomis, 1942,is transferred into the genus; the synonymy of Platydesmus californicus Karsch, 1881, under B. rosea Murray, 1877, is confirmed.

Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica

Volume:

48

Issue:

2

Start page:

137

End page:

166

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/00159301FF2005.48.2.137

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.256, T. 48 nr 2 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4664, T. 48 nr 2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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