Dalodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing at least 250 species found in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Distribution edit
Species of Dalodesmidae are found in Australia (over 100 species), Madagascar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, South Africa, and southern South America (Chile and southern Brazil).[1]
Classification edit
Dalodesmidae is one of the major families of the order Polydesmida, with at least 55 genera and 250 species[2] (with some estimates up to 340 species[1]). It is related to the small family Vaalogonopodidae (8 species) with which it forms the suborder Dalodesmidea.[2][3]
The taxonomy is based mainly on the structure of the male gonopods.[4] Below is the list of species as of January 2014.[5]
- Abatodesmus
- Allawrencius
- Anthogonopus
- Antisoma
- Asphalidesmus
- Atalopharetra
- Atopodesmus
- Atrophotergum
- Blysmopeltis
- Broelemannosoma
- Bromodesmus
- Canacophilus
- Chiliosoma
- Cyphomeskelus
- Dalodesmus
- Dasystigma
- Dendrocaffrus
- Dityloura
- Doryskelus
- Drakensius
- Eparmatolophus
- Erythrodemus
- Eutubercularium
- Gasterogramma
- Gephyrodesmus
- Ginglymodesmus
- Gnomeskelus
- Gonokollesis
- Harpethrix
- Hemiphygoxerotes
- Icosidesmus
- Ischnocaffrus
- Kuschelodesmus
- Lissodesmus
- Microporus
- Mikroporus
- Monenchodesmus
- Notonaia
- Notonesiotes
- Oeciaconus
- Orthorhachis
- Pacificosoma
- Paredrodesmus
- Paurodesmus
- Pelmatotylus
- Peninsularia
- Perbrinckiella
- Philocaffrus
- Platytarropus
- Platytarrus
- Pleonarius
- Pristomeskelus
- Procophorella
- Pseudoprionopeltis
- Pseudothelydesmus
- Queenslandesmus
- Rhopaloskelus
- Schubartina
- Semnosoma
- Sphaerotrichopus
- Stenauchenia
- Tasmaniosoma
- Tasmanopeltis
- Tongodesmus
- Trematocaffrus
- Trienchodesmus
- Tubercularium
- Tzitzikamina
- Vanhoeffenia
- Victoriombrus
References edit
- ^ a b Robert Mesibov (5 October 2013). "Classification of Polydesmida". External Anatomy of Polydesmida. polydesmida.info. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ a b William Shear. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844". In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness.—Zootaxa 3148:149—164.
- ^ H. Enghoff (1984). "Phylogeny of millipedes – a cladistic analysis". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 22: 8–26. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1984.tb00559.x.
- ^ Robert Mesibov (15 October 2005). "A new genus of millipede (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania with a pseudo-articulated gonopod telopodite" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1064 (1): 39–49. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1064.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q28939059.
- ^ "Dalodesmidae". Catalogue of Life: 2014. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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