Desmonus

Desmonus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Sphaeriodesmidae
Genus:	Desmonus Cook, 1898

Desmonus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Sphaeriodesmidae. There are about 10 described species in Desmonus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Desmonus:

• Desmonus acclivus (Loomis, 1966)
• Desmonus atophus (Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1941)
• Desmonus austrus Causey, 1958
• Desmonus conjunctus Loomis, 1959
• Desmonus crassus Loomis, 1959
• Desmonus curtus (Loomis, 1943)
• Desmonus distinctus Loomis, 1959
• Desmonus earlei Cook, 1898
• Desmonus inordinatus Causey, 1958
• Desmonus pudicus (Bollman, 1888)

References

1. "Desmonus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Desmonus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Desmonus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN   9781884549120.
• Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-02.