- Spinotarsus caboverdus
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Spinotarsus caboverdus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Myriapoda Class: Diplopoda Subclass: Helminthomorpha Order: Spirostreptida Family: Odontopygidae Genus: Spinotarsus Species: S. caboverdus Binomial name Spinotarsus caboverdus
Pierrard, 1987Spinotarsus caboverdus, commonly known as "mil-pés" (Portuguese for "thousand-feet") is a species of millipede that is found primarily in Santo Antão island of Cape Verde, where a blight of these animals has made the government issue a prohibition on the exportation of many of the island's products to the other islands.[1][2]
References
- ^ Agriculture producers from Santo Antão can now export to Sal and Boa Vista, A Semana online, 9 January 2008
- ^ SANTO ANTÃO: Embargo aos produtos agrícolas termina dentro de dois meses (Portuguese) (archived)
Further reading
- Beata Nascimento, Helga Sermann, Carmen Büttner: The influence of environmental conditions on the naturalization of the alien millipede species Spinotarsus caboverdus (Pierrard, 1987) on Cape Verde
- B. Nascimento, H. Sermann: Economic importance of millipedes on Santo Antao (Cape Verde) using the example of Spinotarsus caboverdus Pierrard. October 2001
- Abstracts
- B. Nascimento, H. Sermann, C. Büttner: Biology and the Natural Control of Pest Millipedes Spinotarsus caboverdus Pierrard (1987) from Cape Verde (web version) — Tropentag 2002
- B. Nascimento, H. Sermann, C. Büttner: Occurrence of Millipedes by Example of Spinotarsus caboverdus on Cape Verde (web wersion) — Tropentag 2003
- B. Nascimento, H. Sermann, C. Büttner: Possibilities for the Natural Adjustment of the Millipedes Exemplary of Spinotarsus caboverdus Pierrard on Cape Verde (web version) — Tropentag 2004
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