Pachydesmus Explained

Pachydesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about 12 described species in Pachydesmus.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Pachydesmus:

• Pachydesmus attemsi Wang, 1961
• Pachydesmus bazanensis Takakuwa, 1942
• Pachydesmus clarus (Chamberlin, 1918)
• Pachydesmus crassicutis (Wood, 1864)
• Pachydesmus cummingsiensis Verhoeff, 1944
• Pachydesmus denticulatus Chamberlin, 1946
• Pachydesmus duplex Chamberlin, 1939
• Pachydesmus incursus Chamberlin, 1939
• Pachydesmus kisatchinsis Chamberlin, 1942
• Pachydesmus laticollis (Attems, 1899)
• Pachydesmus retrorsus Chamberlin, 1921
• Pachydesmus simulans Chamberlin, 1942

Further reading

• Book: Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. 1999. Hoffman . Richard L.. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8. 9781884549120.
• Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review. 2009. Golovatch. Sergei I.. Kime. R. Desmond. Soil Organisms. 81. 565–597. 2018-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230452/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/soilorganisms/volume_81_3/24_golovatch.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead.