Golovatch S.I. 2024. Five new species of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae from Peru (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.33. No.1: 1–13 [in English].
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow 119071 Russia. E-mail: sgolovatch@yandex.ru
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.33.1.01
ABSTRACT. The following five new Trichopolydesmidae millipedes are described from the Andes of Peru: Moojenodesmus simplex sp.n., Cryptogonodesmus sacciformis sp.n., C. unciger sp.n., Phaneromerium eskovi sp.n., and P. carpish sp.n. The scope and diagnosis of the genus Cryptogonodesmus Silvestri, 1898 are revised viz-à-viz the apparently most similar Brachycerodesmus Carl, 1914, with C. latior (Golovatch, 1994) proposed as a comb.n. ex Brachycerodesmus. The monobasic genus Phylacomerium Verhoeff, 1941 is formally synonymized with Brachycerodesmus, syn.n., this also implying Brachycerodesmus albus (Verhoeff, 1941), comb.n. ex Phylacomerium.
KEY WORDS: taxonomy, iconography, new synonymy, new combination, Andes.