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Polydesmus

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Polydesmus
Polydesmus species. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Polydesmidae
Genus: Polydesmus
Latreille, 1802

Polydesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Polydesmidae.[1] With more than 200 species and subspecies, this genus is the largest in this family.[2][3] This genus has a Palearctic distribution,[4] with species found mainly in the Mediterranean region and in Europe west of the central Caucasus.[2][3] This genus includes the notable species Polydesmus progressus, which exhibits sexual dimorphism in segment number: Whereas adult females of this species feature the 20 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last) usually observed on the order Polydesmida, the adult males feature only 19 segments.[5][6]

Species

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Species within this genus include:[7]

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  • Polydesmus.angustus
    Polydesmus.angustus
  • Polydesmus complanatus
    Polydesmus complanatus
  • Polydesmus denticulatus
    Polydesmus denticulatus
  • Polydesmus collaris
    Polydesmus collaris
  • Polydesmus helveticus
    Polydesmus helveticus

References

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  1. ^ Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. "MilliBase - Polydesmus Latreille, 1802". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  2. ^ a b Nguyen, Anh D.; Vu, Tam T. T.; Eguchi, Katsuyuki (2024-01-30). "The millipede family Polydesmidae Leach, 1816 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Vietnam, with a description of a new cavernicolous species". ZooKeys (1190): 259–280 [261]. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1190..259N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1190.114958. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10848813. PMID 38327265.
  3. ^ a b Anh, Nguyen Duc (2009-06-01). "A new species of the family Polydesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from Vietnam". International Journal of Myriapodology. 2 (1): 63–68 [64]. doi:10.1163/187525409X462421.
  4. ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015). "Diplopoda — Taxonomic Overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Vol. 2. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 403. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.
  5. ^ Brölemann, H.W. (1900). "Myriapodes cavernicoles descriptions d'espèces nouvelles". Annales de la Société entomologique de France (in French). 69 (1): 73-81 [78-80] – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) – The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (2): 103–234 [147, 149–150]. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
  7. ^ Catalogue of life
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