Desmonus

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Desmonus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Sphaeriodesmidae
Genus: Desmonus
Cook, 1898

Desmonus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Sphaeriodesmidae. There are about 10 described species in Desmonus.[1][2][3][4]

Species[]

These 10 species belong to the genus Desmonus:

  • (Loomis, 1966)
  • (Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1941)
  • Causey, 1958
  • Loomis, 1959
  • Loomis, 1959
  • (Loomis, 1943)
  • Loomis, 1959
  • Cook, 1898
  • Causey, 1958
  • Desmonus pudicus (Bollman, 1888)

References[]

  1. ^ "Desmonus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Desmonus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading[]

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-02.


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