Inodesmus Explained

Inodesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Haplodesmidae, first described by Orator F. Cook in 1896. The type species is I. jamaicensis. Members of this genus are found in Jamaica, New Caledonia, and the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.^[1]

Taxonomy

Assignment to the family Haplodesmidae is currently uncertain. Agathodesmus, described by Silvestri in 1910,^[2] and Atopogonus, described by J. Carl in 1926,^[3] are regarded as junior synonyms of Inodesmus.

Species

The genus Inodesmus consists of the following accepted species:

• Inodesmus adelphus
• Inodesmus aenigmaticus
• Inodesmus agnus
• Inodesmus anici
• Inodesmus baccatus
• Inodesmus bonang
• Inodesmus bucculentus
• Inodesmus carorum
• Inodesmus chandleri
• Inodesmus gayundah
• Inodesmus hahnensis
• Inodesmus jamaicensis
• Inodesmus johnsi
• Inodesmus kerensis
• Inodesmus kirrama
• Inodesmus millaa
• Inodesmus morwellensis
• Inodesmus parapholeus
• Inodesmus quintanus
• Inodesmus sagma
• Inodesmus steeli
• Inodesmus summus
• Inodesmus urbanus
• Inodesmus yuccabinensis

External links

• Occurrence data for Inodesmus from GBIF

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.8 . 1175-5334.
2. 357-364 [362].
3. 369-462 [371].