Psammodesmus
| Psammodesmus | |
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| 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 | |
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Ernostyx | |
Psammodesmus is a genus of platyrhacid millipedes found from Panama to Peru.[1]:380 The 10 species constitute the platyrhacid subfamily Psammodesminae (formerly the tribe Psammodesmini).[2]
Species
- Psammodesmus bryophorus
- Psammodesmus cainarachus
- Psammodesmus calius
- Psammodesmus camerani
- Psammodesmus chuncho
- Psammodesmus cos
- Psammodesmus dasys
- Psammodesmus fasciolatus
- Psammodesmus remotus
- Psammodesmus schmitti
References
- ↑ Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1-553
- ↑ 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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