Bandeirenica caboverda

Bandeirenica caboverda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Subclass:
Helminthomorpha
Order:
Spirostreptida
Family:
Odontopygidae
Genus:
Bandeirenica
Species:
B. caboverdus
Binomial name
Bandeirenica caboverda
(Pierrard, 1987)
Synonyms
  • Spinotarsus caboverdus Pierrard, 1987

Bandeirenica caboverda, locally known in Cape Verde as "mil-pés" (Portuguese for "thousand-feet"), is a species of millipedes of the family Odontopygidae.[1] It is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in the islands of Santo Antão and São Vicente.[2] First described in 1987 as Spinotarsus caboverdus, it was placed in the genus Bandeirenica in 2000.[3]

The animal is a pest on Santo Antão, where it damages food crops such as potato, sweet potato, papaya and mango.[4] The Cape Verde government issued a prohibition on the exportation of many of the island's products to the other islands.[5][6]

  1. ^ Bandeirenica caboverda (Pierrard, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres. Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 66, as Spinotarsus caboverdus
  3. ^ Hoffman, R.L. (2000). "On the generic position of Spinotarsus caboverdus (Spirostreptida: Odontopygidae)". Myriapodologica. 6 (10): 87–94. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.954.
  4. ^ B. Nascimento, H. Sermann: Economic importance of millipedes on Santo Antao (Cape Verde) using the example of Spinotarsus caboverdus (Pierrard). October 2001
  5. ^ Agriculture producers from Santo Antão can now export to Sal and Boa Vista Archived 2008-02-10 at archive.today, A Semana online, 9 January 2008
  6. ^ SANTO ANTÃO: Embargo aos produtos agrícolas termina dentro de dois meses (in Portuguese) (archived)