Agathodesmus
Sign in to saveInodesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Haplodesmidae, first described by Orator F. Cook in 1896. The type species is I. jamaicensis. This genus exhibits a disjunct distribution, with species found in Colombia, Jamaica, New Caledonia, and the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassDiplopoda
- OrderPolydesmida
- FamilyHaplodesmidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Haplodesmidae
- Collections
- NMV, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Haplodesmidae
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- Agathodesmus
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Inodesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Haplodesmidae, first described by Orator F. Cook in 1896. The type species is I. jamaicensis. This genus exhibits a disjunct distribution, with species found in Colombia, Jamaica, New Caledonia, and the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.
== Taxonomy == Assignment to the family Haplodesmidae is currently uncertain. Agathodesmus, described by Silvestri in 1910, and Atopogonus, described by J. Carl in 1926, are regarded as junior synonyms of Inodesmus.
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