Pseudopolydesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Polydesmidae.
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| Pseudopolydesmus canadensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Family: | Polydesmidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopolydesmus |
Species edit
Formerly, there were at least 12 described species in the genus Pseudopolydesmus.[1][2][3][4] Presently however, following a review published in 2019 which used scanning electron microscopy and ultraviolet fluorescence to produce detailed images of specimens, only the following eight species are recognised:[5]
- Pseudopolydesmus caddo Chamberlin, 1949
- Pseudopolydesmus canadensis (Newport, 1844)
- Pseudopolydesmus collinus Hoffman, 1974
- Pseudopolydesmus erasus (Loomis, 1943)
- Pseudopolydesmus minor (Bollman, 1888)
- Pseudopolydesmus paludicolus Hoffman, 1950
- Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum (Bollman, 1888)
- Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821)
References edit
- ^ "Pseudopolydesmus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ "Pseudopolydesmus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ "Shelley R.M. The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". The Myriapods, the World's Leggiest Animals. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ Hoffman, R.L. (1999). "Checklist of Millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 8
- ^ Petra Sierwald, FLS; Derek A. Hennen; Xavier J. Zahnle; Stephanie Ware; Paul E. Marek (2019). "Taxonomic synthesis of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), utilizing high-detail ultraviolet fluorescence imaging". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (1): 117–142. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz020.
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