Mexiconium absidatum Shelley, 1996

Shelley, Rowland M., Richart, Casey H. & Bogan, Arthur E., 2010, Octoglena claraqua, n. sp. (Polyzoniida: Hirudisomatidae), a new milliped from Idaho, USA; first record of the order from the western interior of North America, Zootaxa 2446, pp. 55-64 : 62

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.195063

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6212200

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scientific name

Mexiconium absidatum Shelley, 1996
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Mexiconium absidatum Shelley, 1996 View in CoL

Mexiconium absidatum Shelley, 1996:135 View in CoL , figs. 4, 31–38. Hoffman, 1999:29. Bueno-Villegas et al., 2004:586.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality on the north side of Cofre de Perote, 13.3 mi (21.8 km) S La Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ).

Bueno-Villegas, J., Sierwald, P., Bond, J. E. (2004) Diplopoda, pp. 569 - 599, In: Llorente, B. J., Morrone, J. J., Yanez, O., Vargas, I., eds., Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de Artropodos de Mexico: Hacia una siutesis de su conocimiento. IV. UNAM. Mexico.

Hoffman, R. L. (1999) Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication, 8, 1 - 584.

Shelley, R. M. (1996 [1995]) The milliped family Hirudisomatidae in the New World (Polyzoniida). Brimleyana, 23, 103 - 143.

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FIGURE 9. Distribution of Hirudisomatidae in North America and the Western Hemisphere. Star, Mexiconium and M. absidatum; dot, Octoglena sierra; triangle, Octoglena claraqua; outlined areas, Octoglena spp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Polyzoniida

Family

Hirudisomatidae

Genus

Mexiconium