Dalodesmidae

Dalodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing at least 250 species found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Dalodesmidae
Tasmaniosoma armatum, Tasmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Dalodesmidae

Cook, 1896

Distribution

Species of Dalodesmidae are found in Australia (over 100 species), Madagascar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, South Africa, and southern South America (Chile and southern Brazil).[1]

Classification

Dalodesmidae is one of the major families of the order Polydesmida, with at least 55 genera and 250 species[2] (with some estimates up to 340 species[1]). It is related to the small family Vaalogonopodidae (8 species) with which it forms the suborder Dalodesmidea.[2][3]

The taxonomy is based mainly on the structure of the male gonopods.[4] Below is the list of species as of January 2014.[5]

  • Abatodesmus
  • Allawrencius
  • Anthogonopus
  • Antisoma
  • Asphalidesmus
  • Atalopharetra
  • Atopodesmus
  • Atrophotergum
  • Blysmopeltis
  • Broelemannosoma
  • Bromodesmus
  • Canacophilus
  • Chiliosoma
  • Cyphomeskelus
  • Dalodesmus
  • Dasystigma
  • Dendrocaffrus
  • Dityloura
  • Doryskelus
  • Drakensius
  • Eparmatolophus
  • Erythrodemus
  • Eutubercularium
  • Gasterogramma
  • Gephyrodesmus
  • Ginglymodesmus
  • Gnomeskelus
  • Gonokollesis
  • Harpethrix
  • Hemiphygoxerotes
  • Icosidesmus
  • Ischnocaffrus
  • Kuschelodesmus
  • Lissodesmus
  • Microporus
  • Mikroporus
  • Monenchodesmus
  • Notonaia
  • Notonesiotes
  • Oeciaconus
  • Orthorhachis
  • Pacificosoma
  • Paredrodesmus
  • Paurodesmus
  • Pelmatotylus
  • Peninsularia
  • Perbrinckiella
  • Philocaffrus
  • Platytarropus
  • Platytarrus
  • Pleonarius
  • Pristomeskelus
  • Procophorella
  • Pseudoprionopeltis
  • Pseudothelydesmus
  • Queenslandesmus
  • Rhopaloskelus
  • Schubartina
  • Semnosoma
  • Sphaerotrichopus
  • Stenauchenia
  • Tasmaniosoma
  • Tasmanopeltis
  • Tongodesmus
  • Trematocaffrus
  • Trienchodesmus
  • Tubercularium
  • Tzitzikamina
  • Vanhoeffenia
  • Victoriombrus
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References
  1. Robert Mesibov (5 October 2013). "Classification of Polydesmida". External Anatomy of Polydesmida. polydesmida.info. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 23 Feb 2014.
  2. William Shear. (2011). Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness.—Zootaxa 3148:149—164.
  3. H. Enghoff (1984). "Phylogeny of millipedes – a cladistic analysis". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 22: 8–26. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1984.tb00559.x.
  4. Robert Mesibov (2005). "A new genus of millipede (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania with a pseudo-articulated gonopod telopodite" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1064: 39–49.
  5. "Dalodesmidae". Catalogue of Life: 2014. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.


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