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Amplaria oedipus Shear, Nosler & Marek, 2022
1745087 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1745087)
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Species
Shear, William Albert; Nosler, Philip ; Marek, Paul E. (2022). The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IV. Amplaria oedipus, n. sp., with a secondary sexual modification of males unique among millipedes (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). Zootaxa, 5099 (1): 137-145, available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5099.1.7
page(s): 139, Figs 1–13 [details]
page(s): 139, Figs 1–13 [details]
Holotype CAS WS36-15, geounit Oregon
Holotype CAS WS36-15, geounit Oregon [details]
Etymology The species epithet is a noun in apposition, a Greek proper name. Oedipus is a well-known figure from Greek mythology and...
Etymology The species epithet is a noun in apposition, a Greek proper name. Oedipus is a well-known figure from Greek mythology and the subject of two tragedies by Sophocles. The name Oedipus means “swollen foot” and is therefore appropriate for this unusual species. [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Amplaria oedipus Shear, Nosler & Marek, 2022. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1745087 on 2025-01-06
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Shear, William Albert; Nosler, Philip ; Marek, Paul E. (2022). The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IV. Amplaria oedipus, n. sp., with a secondary sexual modification of males unique among millipedes (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). Zootaxa, 5099 (1): 137-145, available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5099.1.7
page(s): 139, Figs 1–13 [details]
page(s): 139, Figs 1–13 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype CAS WS36-15, geounit Oregon [details]
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Etymology The species epithet is a noun in apposition, a Greek proper name. Oedipus is a well-known figure from Greek mythology and the subject of two tragedies by Sophocles. The name Oedipus means “swollen foot” and is therefore appropriate for this unusual species. [details]
