Psammodesmus

Psammodesmus is a genus of platyrhacid millipedes found from Panama to Peru.[1]:380 The 11 species constitute the platyrhacid subfamily Psammodesminae (formerly the tribe Psammodesmini).[2]

Psammodesmus
Psammodesmus bryophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Suborder:
Chelodesmidea
Family:
Platyrhacidae
Subfamily:
Psammodesminae

Hoffman, 1980
Genus:
Psammodesmus

Cook, 1895
Synonyms

Ernostyx

Species
  • Psammodesmus atratus (Chamberlin, 1947)
  • Psammodesmus bryophorus Hoffman, Martínez & Flórez, 2011
  • Psammodesmus cainarachus (Chamberlin, 1941)
  • Psammodesmus calius (Chamberlin, 1952)
  • Psammodesmus camerani Silvestri, 1897
  • Psammodesmus chuncho (Chamberlin), 1941
  • Psammodesmus cos Cook, 1896
  • Psammodesmus dasys (Chamberlin, 1941)
  • Psammodesmus fasciolatus Silvestri, 1898
  • Psammodesmus remotus Loomis, 1964
  • Psammodesmus schmitti Loomis & Hoffman, 1953
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References
  1. Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1-553
  2. Shelley, Rowland M.; Martinez-Torres, Daniela (2013). "The milliped family Platyrhacidae (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea) in the West Indies: Proposal of Hoffmanorhacus n. gen.; description and illustrations of males of Proaspis aitia Loomis, 1941; redescription of Nannorrhacus luciae (Pocock, 1894); hypotheses on origins and affinities; and an updated New World familial distribution". Zootaxa. 3626 (4): 477. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.4.


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