Iguazus Chamberlin, 1952

Bouzan, Rodrigo S., Pena-Barbosa, João Paulo P. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2017, Two new Brazilian species of Chelodesmidae of the genera Iguazus and Tessarithys (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), Zoologia (e 19986) 34, pp. 1-8 : 2

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scientific name	Iguazus Chamberlin, 1952
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Iguazus Chamberlin, 1952 View in CoL

Camptomorpha View in CoL (non Silvestri, 1897), Attems 1938: 73 (in part, ornithopus Brölemann View in CoL ); Schubart 1943: 147 (in part, ornithopus View in CoL and phoenicopterus View in CoL ).

Iguazus Chamberlin, 1952: 568 View in CoL . Type species: I. leius Chamberlin 1952 View in CoL , by original designation.

Hoffmanodesmus Schubart, 1962: 255 View in CoL . Type species: H. ornithopus ( Brölemann, 1902) View in CoL , by original designation; synonymized by Hoffman 1965: 219.

Iguazus View in CoL : Hoffman 1965: 219.

Diagnosis. Males of Iguazus differ from other chelodesmid genera by the following combination of characters: gonopodal acropodite slender, unbranched and sinuously curved, prefemoral process massive in form of a narrow blade or branch, with one or two secondary processes arising proximally from the midlength region ( Figs 1-3).

Distribution. Known from the states of Paraíba, Alagoas and São Paulo, Brazil and in Misiones, Argentina.

Composition. Three species, Iguazus ornithopus ( Brölemann, 1902) , I. roseofasciatus ( Schubart, 1962) , I. robustus sp. nov.