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MilliBase taxon details

Melastolus Loomis, 1966

AphiaID

892004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892004)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Styraxodesmus chipinqueus Chamberlin, 1943 accepted as Myrmecodesmus chipinqueus (Chamberlin, 1943) (type by original designation)

Parent

Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896

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Species Melastolus chipinqueus (Chamberlin, 1943) accepted as Myrmecodesmus chipinqueus (Chamberlin, 1943)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Loomis, H. F. (1966). Millipeds from the region of Monterrey, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 39: 513-524
page(s): 519 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Melastolus Loomis, 1966. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892004 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

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Sources (2)

original description Loomis, H. F. (1966). Millipeds from the region of Monterrey, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 39: 513-524
page(s): 519 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication, 8: 1-584. Martinsville
page(s): 491 [details]