Taxonomia de Haematotropis Jeekel, 2000 (Diplopoda: Aphelidesmidae: Aphelidesminae)

Abstract

Haematotropis Jeekel, 2000, was mainly described based on the gonopods and is currently composed of eight species: Haematotropis aurorea Jeekel, 2000, H. bella (Attems, 1937), H. callipa (Peters, 1864), H. disjuncta Golovatch, Hoffman & Spelda, 2004, H. macapa Golovatch, Hoffman & Spelda, 2004, H. media Golovatch, Hoffman & Spelda, 2004, H. octocentra (Brölemann, 1905) and H. roseicornis Jeekel, 2000. Some species have concise and confusing descriptions while others have descriptions that do not fit the type-specimen characteristics, making it difficult to identify new taxa. This work was based on the study of type-specimens when possible, photos and borrowed material from brazilian and abroad collections. Haematotropis was studied taxonomically, based on morphological characters from 93 specimens from Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. A new genus was described, Genus 1 gen. nov. The known species were redescribed except H. aurorea and H. roseicornis, because their type-specimens are considered lost. Thirteen Haematotropis species were described: H. sp. nov. 1, H. sp. nov. 2, H. sp. nov. 3, H. sp. nov. 4, H. sp. nov. 5, H. sp. nov. 6, H. sp. nov. 7, H. sp. nov. 8, H. sp. nov. 9, H. sp. nov. 10, H. sp. nov. 11, H. sp. nov. 12, H. sp. nov. 13, increasing from eigth to 21 the number of species in this genus. Identification keys for the genera of Aphelidesminae and the species of Haematotropis were provided.