Pachydesmus

Pachydesmus
Pachydesmus incursus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Tribe:	Rhysodesmini
Genus:	Pachydesmus Cook, 1895

Pachydesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about 9 described species in Pachydesmus. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These 9 species belong to the genus Pachydesmus: ^[1]

• Pachydesmus adsinicolus Hoffman, 1958
• Pachydesmus clarus Chamberlin, 1918
• Pachydesmus crassicutis Wood, 1864
• Pachydesmus denticulatus Chamberlin, 1946
• Pachydesmus duplex Chamberlin, 1939
• Pachydesmus hubrichti Hoffman, 1958
• Pachydesmus incursus Chamberlin, 1939
• Pachydesmus laticollis Attems, 1899
• Pachydesmus retrorsus Chamberlin, 1921

References

1. Means, Jackson C.; Hennen, Derek A.; Tanabe, Tsutomu; Marek, Paul E. (2021-03-01). "Phylogenetic systematics of the millipede family Xystodesmidae". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5 (2): 1–26. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab003.
2. "Pachydesmus Cook, 1895". Millibase. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
3. "Pachydesmus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2025-10-30.

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 2018-04-20.