Desmonus
| Desmonus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
[edit]These 10 species belong to the genus Desmonus:
- Desmonus acclivus (Loomis, 1966)
- Desmonus atophus (Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1941)
- Desmonus austrus Causey, 1958
- Desmonus conjunctus Loomis, 1959
- Desmonus crassus Loomis, 1959
- Desmonus curtus (Loomis, 1943)
- Desmonus distinctus Loomis, 1959
- Desmonus earlei Cook, 1898
- Desmonus inordinatus Causey, 1958
- Desmonus pudicus (Bollman, 1888)
References
[edit]- ^ "Desmonus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Desmonus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Desmonus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
[edit]- 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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