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Shear, W. A.; Shelley, R. M. (2019). Solved after 140 years: the identity of the millipede Polydesmus cavicola Packard, 1877, and proposal of Packardesmus n. gen. (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa. 4559(2).
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Shear, W. A.; Shelley, R. M.
2019
Solved after 140 years: the identity of the millipede Polydesmus cavicola Packard, 1877, and proposal of Packardesmus n. gen. (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae)
Zootaxa
4559(2)
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The identity of Polyesmus cavicola Packard, 1877, described from a cave in Utah, is clarified through examination of a female lectotype and a newly collected adult male. The species is placed in the family Macrosternodesmidae and is designated as the type species of Packardesmus, n. gen.
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Macrosternodesmidae Brölemann, 1916 (additional source)
Packardesmus Shear & Shelley, 2019 (original description) Packardesmus cavicola (Packard, 1877) (additional source) |