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Golovatch, S. I.; Sierwald, P. (2001). Review of the millipede genus Poratia Cook & Cook, 1894 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 9(3): 181-192. Moscow
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Golovatch, S. I.; Sierwald, P.
2001
Review of the millipede genus Poratia Cook & Cook, 1894 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae)
Arthropoda Selecta
9(3): 181-192. Moscow
Publication
CIM-ID: 7872
Myr-ID: 964
The millipede genus Poratia Cook & Cook, 1894 is redefined and shown to be Neotropical (Central and northern South America), with the follow- ing junior subjective synonyms: Dominicodesmus Cham- berlin, 1923; Tidopterus Chamberlin, 1923; Kapyrodes- mus Attems, 1940, syn.n.; Muyudesmus Kraus, 1960, syn.n.; and Poratioides Loomis, 1970, syn.n. The fol- lowing seven valid species are currently assigned to Poratia: (1) P. digitata (Porat, 1889) (= the type species Scytonotus digitatus Porat, 1889; = Poratia heterotu- berculata Carl, 1902; = ?Dominicodesmus panamicus Chamberlin, 1940; = Poratioides virginalis Loomis, 1970, syn.n.; = Poratioides disparatus Loomis, 1973, syn.n.); (2) P. mulegensis (Chamberlin, 1923) (= Xe- rodesmus mulegensis Chamberlin, 1923; = Domini- codesmus geophilus Chamberlin, 1923); (3) P. sequens (Chamberlin, 1923) (= Tidopterus sequens Chamberlin, 1923); (4) P. insularis (Kraus, 1960) (= Muyudesmus insularis Kraus, 1960); (5) P. obliterata (Kraus, 1960) (= Muyudesmus obliteratus Kraus, 1960); (6) Poratia fossata Loomis, 1964; and (7) Poratia salvator sp.n. Treseolobus granulofrons Chamberlin, 1918 is trans- ferred to Docodesmus Cook, 1896, comb.n. Poratia digitata, as a strictly parthenogenetic form, occurs com- monly in European green houses, also known from open habitats in Java and the southern U.S.A. and is recorded here from North American green houses for the first time. P. obliterata is bisexual throughout Amazonia as well as in Costa Rica and perhaps Panama, but distinctly parthenogenetic in a few European hothouses. Partheno- genesis is likewise characteristic of P. mulegensis, at least so in the Caribbean. A character table and a key to Poratia species have been compiled.
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Cylindrodesmus laniger Schubart, 1944 accepted as Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889 (additional source)
Docodesmus granulofrons (Chamberlin, 1918) (new combination reference)
Dominicodesmus Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Poratia Cook & Cook, 1894 (source of synonymy)
Dominicodesmus geophilus Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Poratia mulegensis (Chamberlin, 1923) (source of synonymy)
Dominicodesmus panamicus Chamberlin, 1940 accepted as Poratia digitata (Porat, 1889) (source of synonymy)
Kapyrodesmus Attems, 1940 (source of synonymy)
Kapyrodesmus mulegensis (Chamberlin, 1923) accepted as Poratia mulegensis (Chamberlin, 1923) (source of synonymy)
Muyudesmus Kraus, 1960 (source of synonymy)
Muyudesmus insularis Kraus, 1960 accepted as Poratia insularis (Kraus, 1960) (source of synonymy)
Muyudesmus insularis Kraus, 1960 accepted as Poratia insularis (Kraus, 1960) (new combination reference)
Muyudesmus obliteratus Kraus, 1960 accepted as Poratia obliterata (Kraus, 1960) (new combination reference)
Muyudesmus obliteratus Kraus, 1960 accepted as Poratia obliterata (Kraus, 1960) (source of synonymy)
Poratia fossata Loomis, 1964 (additional source)
Poratia heterotuberculata Carl, 1902 accepted as Poratia digitata (Porat, 1889) (source of synonymy)
Poratia mulegensis (Chamberlin, 1923) (new combination reference)
Poratia salvator Golovatch & Sierwald, 2001 (original description)
Poratioides Loomis, 1970 (source of synonymy)
Poratioides disparatus Loomis, 1973 (source of synonymy)
Poratioides virginalis Loomis, 1970 (source of synonymy)
Psochodesmus sequens (Chamberlin, 1923) accepted as Poratia sequens (Chamberlin, 1923) (source of synonymy)
Scytonotus digitata Porat, 1889 accepted as Poratia digitata (Porat, 1889) (additional source)
Scytonotus digitatus Porat, 1889 accepted as Poratia digitata (Porat, 1889) (source of synonymy)
Tidopterus Chamberlin, 1923 (source of synonymy)
Tidopterus sequens Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Poratia sequens (Chamberlin, 1923) (source of synonymy)
Tidopterus sequens Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Poratia sequens (Chamberlin, 1923) (additional source)
Treseolobus granulofrons Chamberlin, 1918 accepted as Docodesmus granulofrons (Chamberlin, 1918) (source of synonymy)
Xerodesmus mulegensis Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Poratia mulegensis (Chamberlin, 1923) (source of synonymy)
Xerodesmus mulegensis Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Poratia mulegensis (Chamberlin, 1923) (new combination reference)
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