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ZOOTAXA

ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition)

ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Copyright © 2003 Magnolia Press

Zootaxa 292: 1–8 (2003)

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Rhinocricidae Systematics I: The taxonomic placement of the species

of Zipyge Chamberlin, 1925 and Oxypygides Chamberlin, 1922

(Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae: Oxypyginae)

JASON E. BOND & PAUL E. MAREK

East Carolina University, Department of Biology, Howell Science Complex –N411, Greenville, NC 27858,

bondja@mail.ecu.edu, pm0623@mail.ecu.edu

Abstract

The rhinocricid genera Zipyge and Oxypygides are considered to be junior synonyms of the genus

Oxypyge.The following new combinations are established:Oxypyge lapidicina (Chamberlin, 1922)

and Oxypyge mesites (Chamberlin, 1922), both from Oxypygides. The current status of rhinocricid

generic level taxonomy is introduced, the limits of Oxypyge Silvestri are discussed, and the type

specimens of the type species of the nominal genera Zipyge and Oxypygides are redescribed.

Key words: Diplopoda, milliped, Spirobolida, Oxypyge, millipede taxonomy, Rhinocricidae classification