Polydesmidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polydesmida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Subphylum: Myriapoda Classis: Diplopoda Subclassis: Chilognatha Infraclassis: Helminthomorpha Superordo: Merocheta Ordo: Polydesmida

Familia: Polydesmidae
Genera (85): Absurdodesmus – Acanthotarsius – Alpertia – Aneumeritius – Antrochodus – Apomeritius – Archipolydesmus – Basicentrus – Benedictesmus – Bhutanodesmus – Bidentogon – Bosniodesmus – Bosporodesmus – Brachydesmus – Brembosoma – Calianotus – Chromobrachydesmus – Cookia – Cretodesmus – Dixidesmus – Epanerchodus – Eubrachydesmus – Eumastigonodesmus – Galliocookia – Goniodesmus – Haplobrachidesmus – Haplobrachydesmus – Haplocookia – Haploerchodus – Heterocookia – Himalodesmus – Hispaniodesmus – Hormobrachium – Huzichodus – Hydromeritius – Jaxartes – Kerkodesmus – Kerkosoma – Kirgisdesmus – Krenoerchodus – Lasiolathus – Leptobrachydesmus – Lophobrachydesmus – Mastigonodesmus – Mastuchus – Merioceratium – Miradoria – Niponchodus – Nipponesmus – Nomarchus – Nothybus – Pacidesmus – Peltogonopus – Perapolydesmus – Polydesmus – Prionomatis – Propolydesmus – Pseudomastuchus – Pseudopolydesmus – Retrorsia – Retrorsioides – Riuerchodus – Rowlandesmus – Sardodesmus – Schedoleiodesmus – Schizobrachydesmus – Schizomeritius – Schizoturanius – Scytonotus – Serradium – Snoqualmia – Soleurus – Spanobrachium – Speodesmus – Speorthus – Stygoerchodus – Stylobrachydesmus – Telopoditius – Tolosanius – Trachynotus – Troglobrachydesmus – Turanodesmus – Uniramidesmus – Usbekodesmus – Utadesmus

Name

Polydesmidae Leach, 1815

References

Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page.
Akkari, N. & Mauriès, J-P. 2018. A review of the family Trichopolydesmidae in North Africa with a description of a new species from Tunisia. ZooKeys 786: 117–128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.786.28270 Reference page.
Galinskaya, T.V., Gafurova (Gilyazetdinova), D. & Ovtshinnikova, O.G. 2018. X-ray microtomography (microCT) of male genitalia of Nothybus kuznetsovorum (Nothybidae) and Cothornobata sp. (Micropezidae). ZooKeys 744: 139–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.744.22347. Reference page.
Galinskaya, T.V. & Shaltakin, A.I. 2015. New species of Nothybus Rondani, 1875 (Diptera: Nothybidae) from Vietnam with a key to Vietnamese species of the genus. Zootaxa 4012(3): 581–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.3.11. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Golovatch, S.I.; Mikhaljova, E.V.; Chang, H.-W. 2011: The millipede family Polydesmidae in Taiwan, with descriptions of five new species (Polydesmida, Diplopoda). In: Golovatch, S.I.; Mesibov, R. (eds.) Advances in the systematics of Diplopoda III. ZooKeys, 93: 9–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.93.1167
Lonsdale, O. & Marshall, S.A. 2016. Revision of the family Nothybidae (Diptera: Schizophora). Zootaxa 4098(1): 1–42. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.1.Reference page.
Nguyen, A.D., Vu, T.T.T. & Eguchi, K. 2024. The millipede family Polydesmidae Leach, 1816 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Vietnam, with a description of a new cavernicolous species. ZooKeys 1190: 259–280. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1190.114958 Reference page.
Shear, W.A. & Marek, P.E. 2021. Three new genera and eighteen new species of miniature polydesmid millipedes from the northwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae). Zootaxa 4975(1): 81–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.1.3 full article pdf Reference page.
Shelley, R.M. 2003: A new polydesmid milliped genus and two new species from Oregon and Washington, U.S.A., with a review of Bidentogon Buckett and Gardner, 1968, and a summary of the family in Western North America (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). Zootaxa, 296: 1–12. Abstract & excerpt