Pachydesmus

Genus of millipedes

Pachydesmus
Pachydesmus incursus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Tribe: Pachydesmini
Genus: Pachydesmus
Cook, 1895

Pachydesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about 12 described species in Pachydesmus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Pachydesmus:

  • Pachydesmus attemsi Wang, 1961
  • Pachydesmus bazanensis Takakuwa, 1942
  • Pachydesmus clarus (Chamberlin, 1918)
  • Pachydesmus crassicutis (Wood, 1864)
  • Pachydesmus cummingsiensis Verhoeff, 1944
  • Pachydesmus denticulatus Chamberlin, 1946
  • Pachydesmus duplex Chamberlin, 1939
  • Pachydesmus incursus Chamberlin, 1939
  • Pachydesmus kisatchinsis Chamberlin, 1942
  • Pachydesmus laticollis (Attems, 1899)
  • Pachydesmus retrorsus Chamberlin, 1921
  • Pachydesmus simulans Chamberlin, 1942

References

  1. ^ "Pachydesmus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Pachydesmus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
Taxon identifiers
Pachydesmus
Authority control databases: National Edit this at Wikidata
  • Israel


  • v
  • t
  • e