Inodesmus

Inodesmus
Inodesmus steeli
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Haplodesmidae
Genus:
Cook, 1896
Species
See text
Synonyms
  • Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910
  • Atapogonus Carl, 1926

Inodesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Haplodesmidae, first described by Orator F. Cook in 1896. The type species is I. jamaicensis. This genus exhibits a disjunct distribution, with species found in Colombia, Jamaica, New Caledonia, and the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.[1][2]

Taxonomy

Assignment to the family Haplodesmidae is currently uncertain. Agathodesmus, described by Silvestri in 1910,[3] and Atopogonus, described by J. Carl in 1926,[4] are regarded as junior synonyms of Inodesmus.[1]

Species

The genus Inodesmus consists of the following accepted species:[1]

  • Inodesmus adelphus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus aenigmaticus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus agnus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus anici (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus baccatus (Carl, 1926)
  • Inodesmus bonang (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus bucculentus (Jeekel, 1986)
  • Inodesmus carorum (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus chandleri (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus gayundah (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus hahnensis (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus jamaicensis Cook, 1896
  • Inodesmus johnsi (Mesibov, 2009)
  • Inodesmus kerensis (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus kirrama (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus millaa (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus morwellensis (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus parapholeus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus quintanus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus sagma (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus steeli (Silvestri, 1910)
  • Inodesmus summus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus urbanus (Romero-Rincon & Douch, 2024)
  • Inodesmus yuccabinensis Mesibov, 2013)

References

  1. ^ a b c Romero-Rincon, Juan; Alvear, Santiago (2024-04-15). "On the identity of the enigmatic millipede genus Inodesmus Cook, 1896 (Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae)". Zootaxa. 5437 (3): 433–440. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.8. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. ^ Romero-Rincon, Juan; Alvear, Santiago; Martínez-Torres, Daniela; Robles-Piñeros, Jairo (2025-01-06). "First record of the millipede family Haplodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from Colombia: two new species of Inodesmus Cook, 1896 from the Northern Andes". European Journal of Taxonomy. 976: 33–46 [33–34]. doi:10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2773. ISSN 2118-9773.
  3. ^ Filippo Silvestri (1910). "Descrizioni preliminari di nuovi generi di Diplopodi. I. Polydesmoidea". Zoologischer Anzeiger (in Latin). 35: 357-364 [362]. ISSN 0044-5231. Wikidata Q119081814.
  4. ^ Johann Carl (1926). "Diplopoden von Neu-Caledonien und den Loyalty-Inseln". Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty. A. Zoologie (in German). 4: 369-462 [371]. Wikidata Q72932476.