Description of a new species and the karyotype of the cavernicolous millipede Pseudonannolene Silvestri and the karyotype of Pseudonannolene strinatti Mauriès (Diplopoda, Pseudonannolenida, Pseudonannolenidae)

Pseudonannolene tocaiensis, sp.n. is described from Brazil, São Paulo, Itirapina. The karyotypes of P. tocaiensis, sp.n. and P. strinatti Mauriès, 1974 are also presented, both species are found in cave environments. P. tocaiensis has 2n=20, XY and P. strinatti, 2n=16; it was not possible to observe the sex determination mechanism in the latter.

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Main Author: Fontanetti,Carmem Silvia
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 1996
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81751996000200012
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