Spinotarsus caboverdus
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Spinotarsus caboverdus, commonly known as "mil-pés" (Portuguese
for "thousand-feet") is a species of millipede
that is found primarily in Santo Antão island of Cape Verde
, where a blight
of these animals has made the government issue a prohibition on the exportation of many of the island's products to the other islands.
Abstracts
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
for "thousand-feet") is a species of millipede
Millipede
Millipedes are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment . Each segment that has two pairs of legs is a result of two single segments fused together as one...
that is found primarily in Santo Antão island of Cape Verde
Cape Verde
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...
, where a blight
Blight
Blight refers to a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism. It is simply a rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs. Accordingly, many diseases that primarily exhibit this...
of these animals has made the government issue a prohibition on the exportation of many of the island's products to the other islands.
Further reading
- Beata Nascimento, Helga Sermann, Carmen Büttner: The influence of environmental conditions on the naturalization of the alien millipede species Spinotarsus caboverdus (Pierrard, 1987) on Cape Verde
- B. Nascimento, H. Sermann: Economic importance of millipedes on Santo Antao (Cape Verde) using the example of Spinotarsus caboverdus Pierrard. October 2001
Abstracts
- B. Nascimento, H. Sermann, C. Büttner: Biology and the Natural Control of Pest Millipedes Spinotarsus caboverdus Pierrard (1987) from Cape Verde (web version) — Tropentag 2002
- B. Nascimento, H. Sermann, C. Büttner: Occurrence of Millipedes by Example of Spinotarsus caboverdus on Cape Verde (web wersion) — Tropentag 2003
- B. Nascimento, H. Sermann, C. Büttner: Possibilities for the Natural Adjustment of the Millipedes Exemplary of Spinotarsus caboverdus Pierrard on Cape Verde (web version) — Tropentag 2004