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ZOOTAXA

ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition)

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

Zootaxa 308: 1108 (2003)

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Rhinocricidae Systematics II: A species catalog of the Rhinocricidae

(Diplopoda: Spirobolida) with synonymies

PAUL E. MAREK1, JASON E. BOND1 & PETRA SIERWALD2

1 Biology Department, East Carolina University, Howell Science Complex/N404A, Greenville, North Carolina

27858, USA, email: pm0623@mail.ecu.edu, bondja@mail.ecu.edu

2 Insects - Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, email:

psierwald@fmnh.org

 

Abstract

This paper summarizes the distribution, provides a taxonomic bibliography from 1758 to 2002, and

lists all available species, generic names, and synonymies of the family Rhinocricidae (Diplopoda:

Spirobolida). At present, there are 528 nominal species and 23 subspecies of Rhinocricidae placed

in 27 genera and 3 subgenera. One new combination is proposed: Rhinocricus obesus rubicundus

is transferred to Anadenobolus [Anadenobolus obesus rubicundus (Brölemann, 1905)].

Key words: Diplopoda, millipedes, specieslist, catalog, checklist