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Psammodesmus

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Psammodesmus
Psammodesmus bryophorus
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Psammodesminae

Hoffman, 1980
Genus:
Psammodesmus

Cook, 1895
Synonyms

Ernostyx

Psammodesmus is a genus of platyrhacid millipedes found from Panama to Peru.[1]: 380  The 11 species constitute the platyrhacid subfamily Psammodesminae (formerly the tribe Psammodesmini).[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1-553
  2. ^ Shelley, Rowland M.; Martinez-Torres, Daniela (2013). "The milliped family Platyrhacidae (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea) in the West Indies: Proposal of Hoffmanorhacus n. gen.; description and illustrations of males of Proaspis aitia Loomis, 1941; redescription of Nannorrhacus luciae (Pocock, 1894); hypotheses on origins and affinities; and an updated New World familial distribution". Zootaxa. 3626 (4): 477. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.4.