The following species of millipedes (Diplopoda) are recorded from the Cape Verde Islands (species marked with ! are new to the islands):Anopsxenus indicusCond#xE9; amp; Jacquemin 1963 (!),Lophoturus madecassus(Marquet amp; Cond#xE9; 1950) (!),Orthomorpha coarctata(Saussure 1880),Oranmorpha guerinii(Gervais 1836) (!),Brachydesmus superusLatzel 1884,Cylindrodesmus lanigerSchubart 1944,Prosopodesmus jacobsoniSilvestri 1910 (!),Periechodesmus caudatusSilvestri 1947 (!),Dilophops bullatusLoomis 1934 (!, also recorded as new from Bali, Indonesia),Paraspirobolus dictyonotus(Latzel 1895) (!),Trachyiulus nordquisti(Attems 1909) (!),Spinotarsus caboverdusPierrard 1987,Dolichoiulus obscuripesEnghoff 1992,D. simplexEnghoff 1992,D. caboverdensisEnghoff 1992.P. caudatus(hitherto known only from Brazil),Dilophops bullatus(hitherto known only from West India), andC. laniger(widespread) are represented only by females and are probably parthenogenetic.
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