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Revisiting the poorly known Chilean genus Autostreptus Silvestri, 1905 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae) with the description of a new species

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The genus Autostreptus Silvestri, 1905, endemic to Chile, is revisited here with the description of Autostreptus silvagonzalezi sp. nov., and redescriptions of A. chilensis (Gervais, 1847) and A. yanezi Demange & Silva, 1971, based on freshly collected material. Pictures of general somatic and male sexual characters of all species are provided, and descriptions of secondary sexual characters are presented for the first time. Additionally, notes on the taxonomic assignment of the genus to the tribe Perustreptini Verhoeff, 1941 and novel records of A. chilensis and A. yanezi are included.

Source: European Journal of Taxonomy

DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1004.2975

Authors: Antonio Parra-Gómez, Luiz F.M. Iniesta, Jesús A. Morales

Institutions: Austral University of Chile, Instituto Butantan

Language: English

Topic: Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

Award: G944576765