Brachydesmus
Sign in to saveBrachydesmus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Polydesmidae. The Czech zoologist Camill Heller first described this genus to contain the type species B. subterraneus. This genus now includes about 75 described species.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Polydesmidae
- Collections
- MZLU, ZMBN
- Recorded in
- Greece, Spain
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Brachydesmus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Polydesmidae. The Czech zoologist Camill Heller first described this genus to contain the type species B. subterraneus. This genus now includes about 75 described species.
== Distribution == This genus has a Paleactic distribution, with about 70 species in Europe and nearly 80 percent of these European species found in the Balkans. A few species are native to the Caucasus region, Anatolia, Hyrcania, and the Levant. The common species B. superus is especially widespread, found throughout Europe and introduced to the United States, Cape Verde, Madeira, the Azores, and the Canaries.
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