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Millipedes as food for humans: their nutritional and possible antimalarial value-a first report. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2014
The first record of millipedes (Diplopoda) being regularly used for food by humans (the Bobo people of Burkina Faso) is given, including information on how the millipedes are prepared. The species in question are Tymbodesmus falcatus (Karsch, 1881) and Sphenodesmus sheribongensis (Schiøtz, 1966) (Gomphodesmidae) and an unidentified species of ...
Enghoff H, Manno N, Tchibozo S, List M, Schwarzinger B, Schoefberger W, Schwarzinger C, Paoletti MG.   +7 more
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Diversity, distribution, and conservation of millipedes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) in the Douala-Edéa National Park, Littoral Region of Cameroon

Soil Organisms, 2023
Biodiversity inventories are essential for the management and monitoring of ecosystems, especially in protected tropical areas. In the Afrotropical region, biodiversity conservation initiatives are primarily focused on charismatic vertebrates, while ...
Armand Richard Nzoko Fiemapong, Jeanne Agrippine Yetchom-Fondjo, Joseph Lebel Tamesse, Tarombera Mwabvu, Didier VandenSpiegel, Sergei I. Golovatch   +5 more
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Especie nueva de milpiés del género Podiscodesmus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) para la Hispaniola

Novitates Caribaea, 2009
Se describe una especie nueva de chelodésmido del género Podiscodesmus para La Hispaniola. Este género se caracteriza por presentar gonopodos extremadamente pequeños y estructuras muy simples.
Antonio R. Pérez-Asso
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Two new Brazilian species of Chelodesmidae of the genera Iguazus and Tessarithys (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2017
Two new species of Chelodesmidae from the Brazilian northeast are described, Iguazus robustus sp. nov., from the state of Paraíba, and Tessarithys exacuminatus sp. nov., from the states of Pernambuco and Sergipe. Iguazus robustus sp. nov.
Rodrigo S. Bouzan, João Paulo P. Pena-Barbosa, Antonio D. Brescovit   +2 more
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Annotated checklist of the millipede family Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895 from São Paulo state, Brazil (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2018
A checklist of the family Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895 (order Polydesmida) from state of São Paulo, Brazil has been performed based on literature and examined material from the collection of the Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP).
Rodrigo Salvador Bouzan, Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta, João Paulo Peixoto Pena-Barbosa, Antonio Domingos Brescovit   +3 more
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A world catalog of the millipede family Chelodesmidae Cook in Cook & Collins, 1895 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

European Journal of Taxonomy
We present a world catalog of the family Chelodesmidae Cook in Cook & Collins, 1895 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), compiling all currently valid genera and species (up to the end of 2024), along with their synonymies, original descriptions, and relevant ...
Rodrigo S. Bouzan, Jackson C. Means, Luiz F.M. Iniesta, Kaloyan Ivanov, Liberty Hightower, João P.P. Pena-Barbosa, Antonio D. Brescovit, Julián Bueno-Villegas, Carolina Rojas-Buffet, Petra Sierwald   +9 more
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Especie nueva de Cyrtaphe (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) para la República Dominicana

Novitates Caribaea, 2010
Se describe la segunda especie de milpiés del género Cyrtaphe para la República Dominicana; otras tres especies habitan en Haití. La estructura de los gonopodos la distingue del resto de las especies conocidas.
Antonio R. Pérez-Asso
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Descripción de dos especies nuevas de Achromoporus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) para la República Dominicana

Novitates Caribaea, 2011
Se describen dos especies nuevas del género Achromoporus Loomis, 1936, elevándose a 26 el número de especies de este género para La Hispaniola. Se presentan ilustraciones de los gonopodos y del dorso de ambas especies.
Carlos Suriel
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Especie nueva del género Hypselodesmus Loomis (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae) del suroeste de la República Dominicana

Novitates Caribaea, 2009
Se describe una especie nueva de milpiés del género Hypselodesmus Loomis, 1941, colectada en el suroeste de República Dominicana, isla La Hispaniola. Es la segunda especie que se registra de este género.
Carlos Suriel
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Checklist of myriapods (Arthropoda: Myriapoda) from the colombian Caribbean region

Intropica, 2022
Based on the available literature and a review of collections of organisms, a checklist of 69 myriapod species was made for the Colombian Caribbean region; two symphyls, 15 Chilopods, and 52 Diplopods.
Martín Carrillo-Pallares, Daniela Martínez-Torres, Gabriel R. Navas-S   +2 more
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