Inodesmus

Inodesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Haplodesmidae, first described by Orator F. Cook in 1896. The type species is I. jamaicensis. Members of this genus are found in Jamaica, New Caledonia, and the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.[1]

Inodesmus
Inodesmus steeli
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Haplodesmidae
Genus: Inodesmus
Cook, 1896
Species
See text
Synonyms
  • Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910
  • Atapogonus Carl, 1926

Taxonomy

Assignment to the family Haplodesmidae is currently uncertain. Agathodesmus, described by Silvestri in 1910,[2] and Atopogonus, described by J. Carl in 1926,[3] are regarded as junior synonyms of Inodesmus.[1]

Species

The genus Inodesmus consists of the following accepted species:[1]

  • Inodesmus adelphus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus aenigmaticus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus agnus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus anici (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus baccatus (Carl, 1926)
  • Inodesmus bonang (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus bucculentus (Jeekel, 1986)
  • Inodesmus carorum (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus chandleri (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus gayundah (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus hahnensis (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus jamaicensis Cook, 1896
  • Inodesmus johnsi (Mesibov, 2009)
  • Inodesmus kerensis (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus kirrama (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus millaa (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus morwellensis (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus parapholeus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus quintanus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus sagma (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus steeli (Silvestri, 1910)
  • Inodesmus summus (Mesibov, 2013)
  • Inodesmus urbanus (Romero-Rincon & Douch, 2024)
  • Inodesmus yuccabinensis Mesibov, 2013)

References
  1. Romero-Rincon, Juan; Alvear, Santiago (2024-04-15). "On the identity of the enigmatic millipede genus Inodesmus Cook, 1896 (Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae)". Zootaxa. 5437 (3): 433–440. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.8. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. Filippo Silvestri (1910). "Descrizioni preliminari di nuovi generi di Diplopodi. I. Polydesmoidea". Zoologischer Anzeiger (in Latin). 35: 357-364 [362]. ISSN 0044-5231. Wikidata Q119081814.
  3. Johann Carl (1926). "Diplopoden von Neu-Caledonien und den Loyalty-Inseln". Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty. A. Zoologie (in German). 4: 369-462 [371]. Wikidata Q72932476.
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