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Petaserpes Cope, 1870
893800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:893800)
accepted
Genus
Petaserpes rosalbus Cope, 1870 (type by monotypy)
Hexaglena McNeill, 1887 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Petaserpes bikermani (Causey, 1951)
- Species Petaserpes cryptocephalus (McNeill, 1887)
- Species Petaserpes lateralis (Shelley, 1976)
- Species Petaserpes mutabilis (Causey, 1951)
- Species Petaserpes rosalbus Cope, 1870
- Species Petaserpes strictus (Shelley, 1976)
- Species Petaserpes quadricauda (Loomis, 1971) accepted as Petaserpes mutabilis (Causey, 1951)
masculine
Cope, E. D. (1870). On some new and little known Myriapoda from the Southern Alleghanies. <em>Transactions of the American Entomological Society.</em> 6 (35): 425-426.
page(s): 65 [details]
page(s): 65 [details]
Decker, P.; Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J.; Barber, A.D.; Antic, D.; Bouzan, R.; Enghoff, H.; Hennen, D.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Means, J.; Nguyen, A. D.; Simmons, E.; Wesener, T. (2026). MilliBase. Petaserpes Cope, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=893800 on 2026-08-27
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Cope, E. D. (1870). On some new and little known Myriapoda from the Southern Alleghanies. <em>Transactions of the American Entomological Society.</em> 6 (35): 425-426.
page(s): 65 [details]
original description (of Hexaglena McNeill, 1887) McNeill, J. (1887). Description of twelve new species of Myriopoda chiefly from Indiana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 10: 328-334, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7485448
page(s): 328 [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M. (1998). The milliped family Polyzoniidae in North America, with a classification of the global fauna (Diplopoda Polyzoniida). Arthropoda Selecta, 6(3-4): 3-34. Moscow [details]
page(s): 65 [details]
original description (of Hexaglena McNeill, 1887) McNeill, J. (1887). Description of twelve new species of Myriopoda chiefly from Indiana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 10: 328-334, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7485448
page(s): 328 [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M. (1998). The milliped family Polyzoniidae in North America, with a classification of the global fauna (Diplopoda Polyzoniida). Arthropoda Selecta, 6(3-4): 3-34. Moscow [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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