Chamberlineptus Explained
Chamberlineptus morechalensis, the sole species of the genus Chamberlineptus is a spirostreptid millipede from Venezuela. Individuals are around 10cm (00inches) long and 5.4to 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]
Notes and References
- Nell B.. Causey. 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.
- J. M.. Demange. 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.
- Mauriès. Jean-Paul. 1975. Spirostreptides (Myriapodes-Diplopoda) de Guyane française. Description de deux genres nouveaux. Compléments aux diagnoses des types d'espèces sud-américaines. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 3rd series. Zoologie 235. 333. 1257–1275. French, English.