Chamberlineptus

Chamberlineptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Spirostreptida
Family:
Spirostreptidae
Genus:
Chamberlineptus

Causey, 1954
Species:
C. morechalensis
Binomial name
Chamberlineptus morechalensis
Causey, 1954

Chamberlineptus morechalensis, the sole species of the genus Chamberlineptus is a spirostreptid millipede from Venezuela. Individuals are around 10 cm (3.9 in) long and 5.4 to 7 mm (0.21 to 0.28 in) in diameter.[1] C. morechalensis was described in 1954 by Nell B. Causey, described as similar to the spirostreptid Andineptus in the structure of the gonopods (male reproductive appendages).[1] However, J. M. Demange (1970) and Jean-Paul Mauriès (1975) considered both Chamberlineptus and Andineptus to be taxonomic synonyms, or at least subgenera, of Orthoporus.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Causey, Nell B. (1954). "New Mexican and Venezuelan millipeds in the collection of the Illinois State Natural History Survey". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 67: 55–68.
  2. ^ Demange, J. M. (1970). "Éléments d'une révision des Spirostreptidae. I. Étude de quelques caractères taxonomiques des Spirostreptinae". Bull. Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire Dakar, A. 32 (2): 366–411.
  3. ^ Mauriès, Jean-Paul (1975). "Spirostreptides (Myriapodes-Diplopoda) de Guyane française. Description de deux genres nouveaux. Compléments aux diagnoses des types d'espèces sud-américaines" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 3rd series (in French and English). Zoologie 235 (333): 1257–1275.