Description of Taulidesmella tabatinga n.sp. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae) from Amazon River fioodplains, with notes on its distribution and ecology

Abstract

A new pyrgodesmid, Taulidesmella tabatinga n.sp., is described from near Iquitos, Peru, from near Tabatinga (an area at the border between Brazil, Pem and Colombia), from the environs of Manaus and from Rio Madeira, Brazil, all these localities lying along the SolimõeslAmazon River.