The Andean millipede genus Peruprion Verhoeff, 1941 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae), with the description of a new species from Peru

Abstract

P. serratum Verhoeff, 1941, the type species from Sivia, Ayacucho Department, Huanta Province [Verhoeff, 1941]; P. affine Kraus, 1956, from Chanchamayo Department and Valley, between San Ramon and Mina Pichita Caluga, Junin Province [Kraus, 1956]; P. azucarense Kraus, 1959, from both Pan de Azucar, Rio Tarma, and Chanchamayo Department and Valley, between San Ramon and Mina Pichita Caluga, Junin Province [Kraus, 1959]; and P. quechuanum (Chamberlin, 1955), from Rio Huallaga, Ucayali Basin, Amazonia, central Peru [Chamberlin, 1955]. The present note is devoted to a brief review of Peruprion in connection with the description of a new species from Peru.