Scaptodesmus porati Cook, 1896

Fiemapong, Armand Richard Nzoko, Blandenier, Quentin, Tamesse, Joseph Lebell & Mitchell, Edward A. D., 2025, Taxonomic review of the Afrotropical millipede genus Scaptodesmus Cook, 1896 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae), with integrative descriptions of three new species from Cameroon, Zootaxa 5696 (3), pp. 361-384 : 366

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.3
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scientific name	Scaptodesmus porati Cook, 1896
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Diagnosis. This species differs from congeners by the coloration being mostly red or reddish-brown; lateral margin of paranota usually yellowish; top of head rugulose, forehead wrinkled and densely setose; telson with a very strongly developed marginal process.

Distribution. Only known from the type locality: Mapanja, Cameroon.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Diplopoda
Order	Polydesmida
Family	Chelodesmidae
Genus	Scaptodesmus

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