The taxonomic composition and affinities of the Brazilian Pauropoda with description of three new species from Central Amazonia (Myriapoda, Pauropoda: Pauropodidae)

Abstract

The taxonomic composition and affinities of the Brazilian Pauropoda are discussed. Three new species of Pauropoda are described from Central Amazonia: Allopauropus hylekoites, from a blackwater inundation forest near the Rio Tarumã Mirím, Stylopauropoides dytanekes and Polypauropus duckensis from a primary forest in Reserva Florestal A. Ducke