Nearctodesmidae

Nearctodesmidae
Nearctodesmus salix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Suborder:	Polydesmidea
Family:	Nearctodesmidae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950

Nearctodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} These millipedes are found in northwestern North America. ^[4] This family includes the species Nearctodesmus salix . The defensive secretion of this millipede consist of hydrogen cyanide, benzaldehyde, 3-methylbutanoic acid, and 2-methylbutanoic. This evidence confirms that cyanogenesis extends to the family Nearctodesmidae. ^[6]

Taxonomy

Authorities often consider Nearctodesmidae to be a junior synonym of Macrosternodesmidae. ^{[7] [8] [9]} Many of these authorities demote Nearctodesmidae and place the genera previously assigned to that family in a subfamily (Nearctodesminae) in the family Macrosternodesmidae. ^{[7] [10] [11]} Other authorities consider both Nearctodesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae to be junior synonyms of Trichopolydesmidae. ^{[9] [12]}

Genera

Authorities include at least the following genera in this family: ^{[1] [3] [4]}

• Bistolodesmus Shelley, 1994
• Ergodesmus Chamberlin, 1949
• Kepolydesmus Chamberlin, 1910
• Nearctodesmus Silvestri, 1910

References

1. "ITIS - Report: Nearctodesmidae". itis.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
2. "Nearctodesmidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
3. "Nearctodesmidae - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
4. Shelley, Rowland M. (2002). "A revised, annotated, family-level classification of the Diplopoda" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 11 (3): 187–207 [193, 200].
5. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
6. Wood, William F.; Sorensen, Patrick W. (2005). "The defensive secretion of the millipede, Nearctodesmus salix (Polydesmida: Nearctodesmidae)". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 33: 1077–1079. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2005.02.007.
7. Shear, William A.; Reddell, James M. (2017-01-01). "Cave millipedes of the United States. XIV. Revalidation of the genus Speorthus Chamberlin, 1952 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), with a description of a new species from Texas and remarks on the families Polydesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae in North America". Insecta Mundi. 0529: 1–13 [5].
8. Shear, W. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844". In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (PDF). Zootaxa. pp. 159–164 [164]. ISBN   978-1-86977-850-7.
9. Golovatch, Sergei (2013-10-04). "A reclassification of the millipede superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea, with descriptions of two new species from the Aegean region (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)". ZooKeys (340): 63–78 [75]. Bibcode:2013ZooK..340...63G. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.340.6295 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   3800799 . PMID   24146592.
10. "MilliBase - Nearctodesminae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
11. "Nearctodesminae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
12. Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01), "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview", Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2, Brill, pp. 363–453, doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017, ISBN   978-90-04-18827-3 , retrieved 2025-03-17

Further reading

• Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 59. Pensoft.
• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
• Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.