On six new and some older Pyrgodesmidae from the environs of Manaus, Central Amazonia, Brazil (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

Abstract

Three new genera and six new species of Pyrgodesmidae are described from a primary terra firme tropical rainforest patch near Manaus, Central Amazonia of Brazil: Adisiella n.gen. with A. circularis n.sp. (the type species) and A. geniculata n.sp., Docodesmus hirudiformi.7 n.sp., Tauricollarium n.gen. with T. biramosum n.sp. (the type species) and T. uniramosum n.sp., and P.eudoporatia n.gen. with P. perplexa n.sp. (the type species only). Myrmecodesmus