| Psammodesmus | |
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| Psammodesmus bryophorus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Suborder: | Chelodesmidea |
| Family: | Platyrhacidae |
| Subfamily: | Psammodesminae Hoffman, 1980 |
| Genus: | Psammodesmus Cook, 1895 |
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Ernostyx | |
Psammodesmus is a genus of platyrhacid millipedes found from Panama to Peru. The 11 species constitute the platyrhacid subfamily Psammodesminae (formerly the tribe Psammodesmini).
Species
- Psammodesmus atratus (Chamberlin, 1947)
- Psammodesmus bryophorus Hoffman, Martínez & Flórez, 2011
- Psammodesmus cainarachus (Chamberlin, 1941)
- Psammodesmus calius (Chamberlin, 1952)
- Psammodesmus camerani Silvestri, 1897
- Psammodesmus chuncho (Chamberlin), 1941
- Psammodesmus cos Cook, 1896
- Psammodesmus dasys (Chamberlin, 1941)
- Psammodesmus fasciolatus Silvestri, 1898
- Psammodesmus remotus Loomis, 1964
- Psammodesmus schmitti Loomis & Hoffman, 1953
References
- Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1-553
- 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.
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