Catharosoma mixtum Kraus, 1956: 410
Jeekel, 1968: 115
Golovatch, 2005a: 808
Nguyen & Sierwald, 2013: 1186
Mestosoma mixtum : Jeekel, 1963: 31
Three new species of the millipede genus Catharosoma Silvestri, 1897 from southern Brazil, with new records and a clarified identity of Catharosoma intermedium (Carl, 1902) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)
Rodrigues, Patrícia E. S.
Golovatch, Sergei I.
Ott, Ricardo
Ro- Drigues, Everton N. L.
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-16
4751
1
119
130
RTVY
Kraus, 1956
Kraus
1956
[151,574,1889,1916]
Diplopoda
Paradoxosomatidae
Catharosoma
Animalia
Polydesmida
9
128
Arthropoda
species
mixtum
Catharosoma mixtum Kraus, 1956: 410, 411, figs 1, 2 (original description, not examined); Jeekel, 1968: 115; Golovatch, 2005a: 808; Nguyen & Sierwald, 2013: 1186. Mestosoma mixtum: Jeekel, 1963: 31. New records: BRAZIL, Santa Catarina: Concórdia( 52º10’06’’W, 27º11’37’’S), two males, 30. I. 1996. A. Kuryleg. ( MCN 395); Blumenau( 49º01’06’’W, 27º00’31’’S), one male, 03. II. 1996, R. P. da Rochaleg. ( MCN 398).
Distribution: Brazil( Santa Catarina).
Discussion Currently, 18 species are known to compose the millipede genus Catharosoma—all confined to South America— and thus characterizing this genus as purely Neotropical ( Schubart 1944). The species C. bilineatum, C. hoffmani, C. manhnertiand C. paraguayensehave been described from Paraguay, but C. paraguayensealso occurs in Argentinaand Brazil( Golovatch 2005a). In Brazil, this latter species has been recorded from Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso( Schubart 1953; Golovatch 2005a) and Paraná(the present paper). The other species have been described from southern Brazil(states of Paraná, Santa Catarinaand Rio Grande do Sul) ( Golovatch 2005a), but the genus still needs more collections to fully know its distribution in South America. Its distribution throughout its range is probably wider than is currently known. According to Schubart (1953), species identification is difficult because the available drawings in the original descriptions sometime show the gonopods not exactly in the same position. Because of this problem, there may have been too many species of this genus synonymized. A detailed revision and new gonopod illustrations, orientated exactly in the same position, are required to facilitate the correct identification of species in the future taxonomic work on this genus.
2576149790
1996-01-30
1996-02-03
1996-01-30
R
A. Kury & P. da Rocha
Brazil
-27.008612
Blumenau
20
-49.018333
Concordia
10
129
MCN 395, MCN 398
1
Santa Catarina