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Colombocricus Rodrigues, Martínez-Torres, Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2025
1830925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1830925)
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Genus
Colombocricus tegua Rodrigues, Martínez-Torres, Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2025 (type by original designation)
Rodrigues, P. E. S.; Martínez-Tores, D.; Rodrigues, E. N. L.; Brescovit, A. D. (2025). Colombocricus gen. nov., a new genus of millipede from Colombia (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1012: 1-14., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/3015/13581
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Colombia
type locality contained in Colombia [details]
Etymology The generic name is the union of ‘Columbus’, a general word in reference to ‘Colombia’, to which both species of...
Etymology The generic name is the union of ‘Columbus’, a general word in reference to ‘Colombia’, to which both species of the genus are restricted, and ‘-cricus’, a combining element frequently used in the formation of generic names of this family. [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Colombocricus Rodrigues, Martínez-Torres, Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2025. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1830925 on 2025-09-11
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Rodrigues, P. E. S.; Martínez-Tores, D.; Rodrigues, E. N. L.; Brescovit, A. D. (2025). Colombocricus gen. nov., a new genus of millipede from Colombia (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 1012: 1-14., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/3015/13581
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The generic name is the union of ‘Columbus’, a general word in reference to ‘Colombia’, to which both species of the genus are restricted, and ‘-cricus’, a combining element frequently used in the formation of generic names of this family. [details]
