''Cyrtodesmus lobatus'' is a species of
millipede in the family
Cyrtodesmidae
Cyrtodesmidae is a family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to ma ...
that is endemic to
San Vito,
Costa Rica
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, where it was found on April 19, 1972.
Description
The species female is long and wide. The body have strong convex of the dorsum. Their lateral keels are flaring from the third segment and middle of the body and ending on the sides of metazonides. The surface is the same for all segments that don't have
setae or
spicules, but is coated everywhere else with
organic matter
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, which is quite thin on
tubercles of the
apex part. Species head have thick, oblique, and short ridges on the interantennal parts, while they themselves are dark coloured, with a deeply narrow but separated channel. The spaces between those parts are swollen in front. It also has a free and raised squared corner, which is located next to the
antenna
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.
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References
Polydesmida
Animals described in 1974
Endemic fauna of Costa Rica
Millipedes of Central America
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