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| Psammodesmus bryophorus | |
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| Subfamily: | Psammodesminae Hoffman, 1980 |
| Genus: | Psammodesmus Cook, 1895 |
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Psammodesmus is a genus of platyrhacid millipedes found from Panama to Peru. [1] :380 The 11 species constitute the platyrhacid subfamily Psammodesminae (formerly the tribe Psammodesmini). [2]
Polydesmida is the largest order of millipedes, containing approximately 3,500 species, including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN).
Orthoporus is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes, containing around 80 species, distributed from the southern United States to Brazil and Argentina.
Rhinocricidae is a family of millipedes, that occurs disjunctly in Malesia and neighbouring parts of Australasia and in the Neotropics. The family contains the following genera:
Richard Lawrence Hoffman was an American zoologist known as an international expert on millipedes, and a leading authority on the natural history of Virginia and the Appalachian Mountains. He was a biology professor at Virginia's Radford College for almost thirty years, and curator of invertebrates at the Virginia Museum of Natural History for another twenty years. He co-founded the Virginia Natural History Society, described over 400 species of millipedes, and produced more than 480 scientific publications. He is commemorated in the scientific and/or common names of over 30 animal species, including the valley and ridge salamander and Hoffman's dwarf centipede.
Andrognathidae is a family of millipede in the order Platydesmida. There are about 17 genera and more than 30 described species in Andrognathidae.
Platyrhacidae is a family of polydesmidan millipedes distributed in Southeast Asia and tropical Central and South America.
Atopetholidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirobolida. There are about 18 genera and at least 60 described species in Atopetholidae.
Cambalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Cambalidae.
Conotylidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. There are about 19 genera and at least 60 described species in Conotylidae.
Striariidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. There are at least 3 genera and about 13 described species in Striariidae.
Sphaeriodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are about 15 genera and at least 90 described species in Sphaeriodesmidae.
Scytonotus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Polydesmidae. There are about 17 described species in Scytonotus.
Desmonus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Sphaeriodesmidae. There are about 10 described species in Desmonus.
Rhysodesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are at least 90 described species in Rhysodesmus., ranging from El Salvador to the Southern United States.
Bdellozonium is a genus of millipedes in the family Polyzoniidae. There are at least four described species in Bdellozonium.
Aniulus is a genus of millipedes in the family Parajulidae. There are more than 20 described species in Aniulus.
Eurymerodesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Eurymerodesmidae. There are more than 30 described species in Eurymerodesmus.
Cambala is a genus of millipedes in the family Cambalidae. There are about 18 described species in Cambala.
Tynommatidae is a family of millipedes in the order Callipodida. There are about 12 genera and more than 30 described species in Tynommatidae, found mainly in western North America.
Rhachodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are more than 20 genera and at least 80 described species in Rhachodesmidae.
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