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MilliBase name details

Alpertia Loomis, 1972

AphiaID

890925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:890925)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted Name

Polydesmus Latreille, 1802

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Alpertia lunatifrons Loomis, 1972 accepted as Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884 (type by original designation)

Parent

Polydesmidae Leach, 1815

Direct children (1)
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Species Alpertia lunatifrons Loomis, 1972 accepted as Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884 (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Loomis, H. F. (1972). Millipeds associated with ants in Washington State. Florida Entomologist, 55: 145-151
page(s): 147 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. (2021). MilliBase. Alpertia Loomis, 1972. Accessed at: http://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890925 on 2021-10-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

2018-02-22 18:26:09Z

changed

Sierwald, Petra

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Sources (2)

original description Loomis, H. F. (1972). Millipeds associated with ants in Washington State. Florida Entomologist, 55: 145-151
page(s): 147 [details]

source of synonymy Shelley, R. M. (1996). The identity of Alpertia lunatifrons Loomis, with records of introduced polydesmids from northwestern North America, deletion of Polydesmus racovitzai Brolemann, and identfication of invalid taxa (Polydesmida:Polydesmidae). Myriapodologica, 4(3): 17-20. Martinsville
page(s): 17 [details]