Millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Brazilian Pantanal

Millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Brazilian Pantanal

A review is given of the diplopod fauna of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with special reference to that of the periodically inundated areas of the Pantanal. The Mato Grosso list is rich and diverse (at least 85 species, about 34 genera), but clearly biased toward fewer higher groups th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Amazoniana 2005-01, Vol.18 (3-4), p.273-288
Hauptverfasser: Golovatch, SI, Huffman, R L, Adis, J, Marques, MI, Raizer, J, Suva, FHO, Ribeiro, RAK, Silva, J L, Pinheiro, T G
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Sprache:eng
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Polyxenidae
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Zusammenfassung:A review is given of the diplopod fauna of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with special reference to that of the periodically inundated areas of the Pantanal. The Mato Grosso list is rich and diverse (at least 85 species, about 34 genera), but clearly biased toward fewer higher groups that only contain species of larger size: four orders and seven families, with only four really small-bodied (
ISSN:0065-6755