Lourdesia

Lourdesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Genus:	Lourdesia ; Shelley, 1991

Last updated October 30, 2025

Lourdesia is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae.^[1] Its sole species, Lourdesia minuscula, is around 12.2 mm long, making it one of the smallest species in the family.^[2]

Species:^[1]

Lourdesia minusculaShelley, 1991^[2]

References

1 2 "Lourdesia Shelley, 1991". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
1 2 Shelley, Rowland M. (1991), "A fourth genus of small-bodied xystodesmid millipeds from the southeastern Coastal Plain (Polydesmida)", Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 244–247

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[GBIF-1] 1 2 "Lourdesia Shelley, 1991". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[Shelley_1991-2] 1 2 Shelley, Rowland M. (1991), "A fourth genus of small-bodied xystodesmid millipeds from the southeastern Coastal Plain (Polydesmida)", Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 244–247

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