Pachydesmus

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

Pachydesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about 12 described species in Pachydesmus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Pachydesmus:

• Pachydesmus attemsi Wang, 1961
• Pachydesmus bazanensis Takakuwa, 1942
• Pachydesmus clarus (Chamberlin, 1918)
• Pachydesmus crassicutis (Wood, 1864)
• Pachydesmus cummingsiensis Verhoeff, 1944
• Pachydesmus denticulatus Chamberlin, 1946
• Pachydesmus duplex Chamberlin, 1939
• Pachydesmus incursus Chamberlin, 1939
• Pachydesmus kisatchinsis Chamberlin, 1942
• Pachydesmus laticollis (Attems, 1899)
• Pachydesmus retrorsus Chamberlin, 1921
• Pachydesmus simulans Chamberlin, 1942

References

1. "Pachydesmus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Pachydesmus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Pachydesmus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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 2018-04-20.