Pandirodesmus Explained

Pandirodesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Chelodesmidae, occurring in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.[1] [2] [3] They are characterized by a lightly sclerotized, smooth, greyish-white exoskeletonand alternating long and short legs, exposed parts usually covered with densely cemented, but loosely attached sand grains imparting a dark beige to black coloration and concealing setae.

Notes and References

  1. Silvestri . F . A new and extraordinary genus of the Diplopod family, Polydesmidae from British Guiana . American Museum Novitates . 1932 . 564 . 1-12.
  2. Shelley . Rowland M. . Smith . Jamie M. . The enigmatic milliped genus Pandirodesmus Silvestri 1932 and description of a new species from Tobago represented by males (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Chelodesmidae: Chelodesminae: Pandirodesmini) . Insecta Mundi . 2015 . 0444 . 1-15.
  3. Vandenspiegel . Didier . Golovatch . Sergei I. . Rutherford . Mike G. . The millipede genus Pandirodesmus Silvestri, 1932 in Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, with the description of P. jaggernauthi sp. nov. from Trinidad (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae, Pandirodesmini) . Zootaxa . 1 March 2022 . 5104 . 4 . 567–576 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.6 . 35391019. 247176492 .

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