Global InformationBandeirenica caboverda information
| Bandeirenica caboverda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Subphylum: | Myriapoda
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| Class: | Diplopoda
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| Subclass: | Helminthomorpha
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| Order: | Spirostreptida
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| Family: | Odontopygidae
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| Genus: | Bandeirenica
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| Species: | B. caboverdus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bandeirenica caboverda (Pierrard, 1987)
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| Synonyms | |
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Bandeirenica caboverda, locally known in Cape Verde as "mil-pés" (Portuguese for "thousand-feet"), is a species of millipedes of the family Odontopygidae.[1] It is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in the islands of Santo Antão and São Vicente.[2] First described in 1987 as Spinotarsus caboverdus, it was placed in the genus Bandeirenica in 2000.[3]
The animal is a pest on Santo Antão, where it damages food crops such as potato, sweet potato, papaya and mango.[4] The Cape Verde government issued a prohibition on the exportation of many of the island's products to the other islands.[5][6]
- ^ Bandeirenica caboverda (Pierrard, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 January 2019.
- ^ Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres. Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 66, as Spinotarsus caboverdus
- ^ Hoffman, R.L. (2000). "On the generic position of Spinotarsus caboverdus (Spirostreptida: Odontopygidae)". Myriapodologica. 6 (10): 87–94. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.692.954.
- ^ B. Nascimento, H. Sermann: Economic importance of millipedes on Santo Antao (Cape Verde) using the example of Spinotarsus caboverdus (Pierrard). October 2001
- ^ Agriculture producers from Santo Antão can now export to Sal and Boa Vista Archived 2008-02-10 at archive.today, A Semana online, 9 January 2008
- ^ SANTO ANTÃO: Embargo aos produtos agrícolas termina dentro de dois meses (in Portuguese) (archived)