Fuhrmannodesmidae Explained

Fuhrmannodesmidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Polydesmida.^[1] Although some authorities deem Fuhrmannodesmidae to be a junior synonym for Trichopolydesmidae,^{[2] [3]} others still regard the taxonomic status of Fuhrmannodesmidae as valid. The family Fuhrmannodesmidae includes over 50 genera.

This family includes three species (Hexadesmus lateridens, Agenodesmus reticulatus, and Eutynellus flavior) notable for being among the very few species in this order to feature adults with only 18 segments (including the telson) rather than the 20 segments usually found in polydesmids.^[4] This family also includes several genera (e.g., Cyclopsodesmus, Cylindrogonus, and Leigonopus) notable for featuring sexual dimorphism in segment number: adult females in these genera have the usual 20 segments, but adult males have only 19.^[5] Millipedes in these species arrive at these lower numbers of segments by going through the same stages of teloanamorphosis observed in other polydesmids until reaching maturity, which occurs one moult earlier for 19 segments or two moults earlier for 18 segments.^[6]

Genera

• Adisia
• Agenodesmus
• Assamodesmus
• Bactrodesmus
• Brachycerodesmus
• Cachania
• Caramba
• Chilaphrodesmus
• Chirripeckia
• Coonoorophilus
• Cryptogonodesmus
• Cutervodesmus
• Cyclopsodesmus
• Cylindrogonus
• Dendrobrachypus
• Eburodesmus
• Elgonicola
• Enantiogonus
• Esperanzella
• Eutynellus
• Fuhrmannodesmus
• Giustoella
• Glenniea
• Gyrophallus
• Hemisphaeroparia
• Heterosphaeroparia
• Hexadesmus
• Hingstonia
• Hypsiloporus
• Irazunus
• Irogonus
• Kukkalodesmus
• Lankadesmus
• Leiogonopus
• Mabocus
• Magidesmus
• Mecistoparia
• Megaloparia
• Nasodesmus
• Olmodesmus
• Oodedesmus
• Ootacadesmus
• Pachygonopus
• Phaneromerium
• Phreatodesmus
• Phylacomerium
• Physetoparia
• Pichitaria
• Pozodesmus
• Pseudosphaeroparia
• Salvadoria
• Schizotelopus
• Sholaphilus
• Sphaeroparia
• Sumidero
• Topalodesmus
• Trematodesmus
• Trichozonus
• Tylogoneus
• Typhlopygmaeosoma
• Venezuelodesmus

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Fuhrmannodesmidae . 2024-06-05 . www.itis.gov.
2. Web site: MilliBase - Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916 . 2024-06-05 . www.millibase.org . en.
3. Golovatch . Sergei . 2013-10-04 . A reclassification of the millipede superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea, with descriptions of two new species from the Aegean region (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) . ZooKeys . en . 340 . 63–78 [74] . 10.3897/zookeys.340.6295 . free . 1313-2970 . 3800799 . 24146592. 2013ZooK..340...63G .
4. Enghoff . Henrik . Dohle . Wolfgang . Blower . J. Gordon . 1993 . Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 109 . 2 . 103–234. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x . subscription .
5. Loomis . H.F. . 1964 . The Millipeds of Panama (Diplopoda) . Fieldiana: Zoology . 47 . 1 . 1–136 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
6. Shear . William A. . Ferreira . Rodrigo Lopes . Iniesta . Luiz Felipe Moretti . Marek . Paul . 2016-10-25 . A millipede missing link: Dobrodesmidae, a remarkable new polydesmidan millipede family from Brazil with supernumerary rings (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), and the establishment of a new suborder Dobrodesmidea . Zootaxa . 4178 . 3 . 371–390 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.3.4 . 27811714 . 1175-5334 . ResearchGate.