Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae

 

Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910

Agathodesmus adelphus Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus aenigmaticus Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus agnus Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus anici Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus bonang Mesibov, 2013 [Vic]
Agathodesmus bucculentus (Jeekel, 1986) [Qld]
Agathodesmus carorum Mesibov, 2013 [NSW,Vic]
Agathodesmus chandleri Mesibov, 2013 [SA]
Agathodesmus gayundah Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus hahnensis Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus johnsi Mesibov, 2009 [NSW]
Agathodesmus kerensis Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus kirrama Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus millaa Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus morwellensis Mesibov, 2013 [Vic]
Agathodesmus parapholeus Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus quintanus Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus sagma Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus steeli Silvestri, 1910 [NSW]
Agathodesmus summus Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
Agathodesmus yuccabinensis Mesibov, 2013 [Qld]
and A. baccatus (Carl, 1926) (New Caledonia)
 
Type species: Agathodesmus steeli Silvestri, 1910, by original designation

• Agathodesmus
• Agathodesmus Silvestri 1910: 362 (first description)
  Silvestri, F. (1910) Descrizioni preliminari di nuovi generi di Diplopodi. I. Polydesmoidea. Zoologischer Anzeiger 35: 357-364.
• Agathodesmus Attems 1914: 282 (in list of unplaced genera)
  Attems, C. (1914) Die indo-australischen Myriopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 80(4): 1-398.
• Agathodesmus Brölemann 1916: 547 (in taxonomic discussion), 587 (in list of genera of uncertain placement)
  Brölemann, H.W. (1916) Essai de classification des Polydesmiens (Myriapodes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84: 523-608.
• Agathodesmus Attems 1940: 487 (in catalogue of genera of uncertain family placement)
  Attems, C. (1940) Polydesmoidea. III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Peridontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich 70: i-xxxii, 1-577.
• Agathodesmus Jeekel 1971: 310 (in genus catalogue)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1971) Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of (1957) Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 5: i-xii, 1-412.
• Agathodesmus Hoffman 1980: 184 (in genus catalogue under Dalodesmidae)
  Hoffman, R.L. (1980) ('1979'). Classification of the Diplopoda. Geneva: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève; 237 pp.
• Agathodesmus Jeekel 1982: 11 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1982) Millipedes from Australia, 4: A new genus and species of the family Dalodesmidae from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 9(2): 9-15.
• Agathodesmus Jeekel 1983: 146 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1983) Millipedes from Australia, 8: A new genus and species of the family Dalodesmidae from Victoria (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 9(16): 145-151.
• Agathodesmus Jeekel 1985: 50 (in taxonomic discussion; '...is a haplodesmid'), 51 (in genus key)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1985) Millipedes from Australia, 9: A new polydesmoid millipede from Queensland (Diplopoda, Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae). Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 45: 50-55.
• Agathodesmus Jeekel 1986: 46 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1986) Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida). Beaufortia 36(3): 35-50.
• Agathodesmus Simonsen 1990: 57 (placed in Haplodesmidae)
  Simonsen, Å. (1990) Phylogeny and biogeography of the millipede order Polydesmida, with special emphasis on the suborder Polydesmidea. (PhD thesis) Bergen: Museum of Zoology, University of Bergen; 114 pp.
• Agathodesmus Golovatch et al. 2009: 2 (in taxonomic discussion), 44 ('Since the type species of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 is a nomen inquirendum, nothing can be said about its identity')
  Golovatch, S.I., Geoffroy, J.-J., Mauriès, J.-P. and VandenSpiegel, D. (2009) Review of the millipede family Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895, with descriptions of some new or poorly-known species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). ZooKeys 7: 1-53.
• Agathodesmus Mesibov 2009: 92 (new diagnosis, placed in Haplodesmidae)
  Mesibov, R. (2009) Revision of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae). ZooKeys 12: 87-110.
• Agathodesmus Mesibov 2013: 35 (revised diagnosis, discussion)
  Mesibov, R. (2013) New species of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae). ZooKeys 325: 33–64.
• Agathodesmus Golovatch and VandenSpiegel 2014: 150 (in key to haplodesmid genera)
  Golovatch, S.I. and VandenSpiegel, D. (2014) Koponenius gen. nov., a new genus of the millipede family Haplodesmidae from the Himalayas of India and Nepal (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Zootaxa 3894 (1): 141-151.
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• Atopogonus
• Atopogonus Carl 1926: 371 (in summary classification under Rhachidesmidae), 386 (first description)
  Carl, J. (1926) Diplopoden von Neu-Caledonien und den Loyalty-Inseln. Pp. 367-459 in Sarasin, F. and Roux, J. (eds), Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie. Vol. 4(3). Munich: C.W. Kreidel's Verlag.
• Atopogonus Attems 1940: 477 (redescription under Rhachidesmidae)
  Attems, C. (1940) Polydesmoidea. III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Peridontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich 70: i-xxxii, 1-577.
• Atopogonus Verhoeff 1941: 406 (assigned to new family Atopogonidae)
  Verhoeff, K.W. (1941) Über Gruppen der Leptodesmiden und neues System der Ordo Polydesmoidea. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (ns) 10: 399-415.
• Atopogonus Jeekel 1971: 314 (in genus catalogue)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1971) Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of (1957) Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 5: i-xii, 1-412.
• Atopogonus Hoffman 1980: 186 (in genus catalogue as genus of uncertain status and position)
  Hoffman, R.L. (1980) ('1979'). Classification of the Diplopoda. Geneva: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève; 237 pp.
• Atopogonus Jeekel 1984: 88 (in taxonomic discussion; referred to Haplodesmidae)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1984) Millipedes from Australia, 7: The identity of the genus Lissodesmus Chamberlin, with the description of four new species from Tasmania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Dalodesmidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 118: 85-101.
• Atopogonus Jeekel 1986: 46 (tentatively placed in Haplodesmidae. Inodesmus Cook, 1896 said to be a possible synonym of Atopogonus; Inodesmus sensu Loomis, 1969 synonymised with Atopogonus)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1986) Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida). Beaufortia 36(3): 35-50.
• Atopogonus Simonsen 1990: 57 (placed in Haplodesmidae)
  Simonsen, Å. (1990) Phylogeny and biogeography of the millipede order Polydesmida, with special emphasis on the suborder Polydesmidea. (PhD thesis) Bergen: Museum of Zoology, University of Bergen; 114 pp.
• Atopogonus Hoffman 1999: (discusses Inodesmus Cook, 1896, lists '?Atopogonus' as possible synonym)
  Hoffman, R.L. (1999) Checklist of the Millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 8: 1-584.
• Atopogonus Golovatch et al. 2001: 185 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Golovatch, S.I., Hoffman, R.L., Knapinski, S. and Adis, J. (2001) Review of the millipede genus Cylindrodesmus Pocock, 1889 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae). Fragmenta Faunistica 44: 179-201.
• Atopogonus Golovatch et al. 2009: 2 (in taxonomic discussion: 'it seems premature to formally consider it [Inodesmus] as a subjective senior synonym of Atopogonus'), 44 (diagnosis)
  Golovatch, S.I., Geoffroy, J.-J., Mauriès, J.-P. and VandenSpiegel, D. (2009) Review of the millipede family Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895, with descriptions of some new or poorly-known species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). ZooKeys 7: 1-53.
• Atopogonus Mesibov 2009: 92 (synonymised with Agathodesmus)
  Mesibov, R. (2009) Revision of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae). ZooKeys 12: 87-110.
• Atopogonus Mesibov 2013: 35 (in synonymy)
  Mesibov, R. (2013) New species of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae). ZooKeys 325: 33–64.
• [Type species: Atopogonus baccatus Carl, 1926, by monotypy (New Caledonia)]

 

Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910

Prosopodesmus crater Mesibov, 2012 [Qld]
Prosopodesmus kirrama Mesibov, 2012 [Qld]
Prosopodesmus monteithi Mesibov, 2012 [Qld]
Prosopodesmus panporus Blower and Rundle, 1980 [Qld]
and Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910 (pantropical tramp, native range unknown), and P. similis (Haga, 1968) and P. sinuatus (Miyosi, 1958) in Japan
 
Type species: Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910, by original designation

• Prosopodesmus
• Prosopodesmus Silvestri 1910: 360 (first description)
  Silvestri, F. (1910) Descrizioni preliminari di nuovi generi di Diplopodi. I. Polydesmoidea. Zoologischer Anzeiger 35: 357-364.
• Prosopodesmus Attems 1914: 177 (listed as valid genus)
  Attems, C. (1914) Die indo-australischen Myriopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 80(4): 1-398.
• Prosopodesmus Brölemann 1916: 570 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Brölemann, H.W. (1916) Essai de classification des Polydesmiens (Myriapodes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84: 523-608.
• Prosopodesmus Brolemann 1920: 225 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Brolemann, H.W. (1920) Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats scientifiques. Myriapodes. III. Diplopoda. L. Lhomme, Paris, 298 pp, pls 1-18.
• Prosopodesmus Attems 1926: 136 (in genus key)
  Attems, C. (1926) Myriopoda. Pp. 1-402 in Kükenthal, W. and Krumbach, T. (eds), Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. 4(1). Progoneata, Chilopoda, Insecta I. Berlin and Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter and Co.
• Prosopodesmus Attems 1940: 292 (redescription)
  Attems, C. (1940) Polydesmoidea. III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Peridontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich 70: i-xxxii, 1-577.
• Prosopodesmus Loomis 1950: 166 (synonymised with Homodesmus)
  Loomis, H.F. (1950) Synonymy of some native American and introduced millipeds. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40: 164-166.
• Prosopodesmus Jeekel 1971: 348 (in genus catalogue)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1971) Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of (1957) Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 5: i-xii, 1-412.
• Prosopodesmus Blower and Rundle 1980: 27 (introducing new species description)
  Blower, J.G. and Rundle, A.J. (1980) Prosopodesmus panporus, an interesting new species of polydesmoid millipede from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. Myriapodologica 1(4): 27-34.
• Prosopodesmus Hoffman 1980: 174 (in genus catalogue)
  Hoffman, R.L. (1980) ('1979'). Classification of the Diplopoda. Geneva: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève; 237 pp.
• Prosopodesmus Hoffman 1999: 432 (in checklist)
  Hoffman, R.L. (1999) Checklist of the Millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 8: 1-584.
• Prosopodesmus Golovatch et al. 2009: 2 (in taxonomic discussion), 43 (new diagnosis)
  Golovatch, S.I., Geoffroy, J.-J., Mauriès, J.-P. and VandenSpiegel, D. (2009) Review of the millipede family Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895, with descriptions of some new or poorly-known species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). ZooKeys 7: 1-53.
• Prosopodesmus Golovatch et al. 2010: 33 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Golovatch, S.I., Mikhaljova, E.V., Korsós, Z. and Chang, H-W. (2010) The millipede family Haplodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) recorded in Taiwan for the first time, with the description of a new species. Tropical Natural History 10(1): 27-36.
• Prosopodesmus Mesibov 2012: 33 (in taxonomic discussion), 35 (head of synonymy)
  Mesibov, R. (2012) New species of Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae) from Queensland, Australia. ZooKeys 190: 33-54.
• Prosopodesmus Golovatch and VandenSpiegel 2014: 144 (in taxonomic discussion), 150 (in key to haplodesmid genera)
  Golovatch, S.I. and VandenSpiegel, D. (2014) Koponenius gen. nov., a new genus of the millipede family Haplodesmidae from the Himalayas of India and Nepal (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Zootaxa 3894 (1): 141-151.
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• Homodesmus
• Homodesmus Chamberlin 1918: 222 (first description)
  Chamberlin, R.V. (1918) The Chilopoda and Diplopoda of the West Indies. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 62(5): 151-262.
• Homodesmus Attems 1926: 136 (in genus key)
  Attems, C. (1926) Myriopoda. Pp. 1-402 in Kükenthal, W. and Krumbach, T. (eds), Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches. 4(1). Progoneata, Chilopoda, Insecta I. Berlin and Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter and Co.
• Homodesmus Attems 1940: 294 (redescription)
  Attems, C. (1940) Polydesmoidea. III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Peridontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich 70: i-xxxii, 1-577.
• Homodesmus Loomis 1950: 166 (synonymised with Prosopodesmus)
  Loomis, H.F. (1950) Synonymy of some native American and introduced millipeds. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40: 164-166.
• Homodesmus Jeekel 1971: 331 (in genus catalogue)
  Jeekel, C.A.W. (1971) Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of (1957) Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 5: i-xii, 1-412.
• Homodesmus Hoffman 1980: 174 (in genus catalogue, as synonym of Prosopodesmus)
  Hoffman, R.L. (1980) ('1979'). Classification of the Diplopoda. Geneva: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève; 237 pp.
• Homodesmus Hoffman 1999: 432 (in checklist, as synonym of Prosopodesmus)
  Hoffman, R.L. (1999) Checklist of the Millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 8: 1-584.
• Homodesmus Golovatch et al. 2009: 40 (in taxonomic discussion), 43 (as synonym of Prosopodesmus)
  Golovatch, S.I., Geoffroy, J.-J., Mauriès, J.-P. and VandenSpiegel, D. (2009) Review of the millipede family Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895, with descriptions of some new or poorly-known species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). ZooKeys 7: 1-53.
• Homodesmus Mesibov 2012: 35 (as synonym of Prosopodesmus)
  Mesibov, R. (2012) New species of Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae) from Queensland, Australia. ZooKeys 190: 33-54.
• [Type species: Homodesmus parvus Chamberlin, 1918, by original designation (Haiti)]
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• Rhipidopeltis
• Rhipidopeltis Miyosi 1958: 297 (first description)
  Miyosi, Y. (1958) Beiträge zur Kenntnis japanischer Myriopoden. 25. Aufsatz: Über eine neue Gattung und eine neue Art von Diplopoden. Zoological Magazine, Tokyo 67(10): 297-300. [In Japanese with German summary.]
• Rhipidopeltis Hoffman 1980: 174 (in genus catalogue)
  Hoffman, R.L. (1980) ('1979'). Classification of the Diplopoda. Geneva: Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève; 237 pp.
• Rhipidopeltis Shelley et al. 2000: 127 (in genus catalogue)
  Shelley, R.M., Sierwald, P., Kiser, S.B. and Golovatch, S.I. (2000) Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum II. A List of the Genus and Family-Group Names in the Class Diplopoda from 1958 through 1999. Sofia: Pensoft; 167 pp.
• Rhipidopeltis Golovatch et al. 2009: 2 (in taxonomic discussion), 43 (synonymised with Prosopodesmus)
  Golovatch, S.I., Geoffroy, J.-J., Mauriès, J.-P. and VandenSpiegel, D. (2009) Review of the millipede family Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895, with descriptions of some new or poorly-known species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). ZooKeys 7: 1-53.
• Rhipidopeltis Golovatch et al. 2010: 33 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Golovatch, S.I., Mikhaljova, E.V., Korsós, Z. and Chang, H-W. (2010) The millipede family Haplodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) recorded in Taiwan for the first time, with the description of a new species. Tropical Natural History 10(1): 27-36.
• Rhipidopeltis Mesibov 2012: 35 (as synonym of Prosopodesmus), 47 (in taxonomic discussion)
  Mesibov, R. (2012) New species of Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae) from Queensland, Australia. ZooKeys 190: 33-54.
• [Type species: Rhipidopeltis sinuata (recte sinuatus) Miyosi, 1958, by original designation (Japan)]