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Psammodesmus

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Psammodesmus
Psammodesmus bryophorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Platyrhacidae
Subfamily: Psammodesminae
Hoffman, 1980
Genus: Psammodesmus
Cook, 1895
Synonyms[1]

Ernostyx Chamberlin, 1941

Psammodesmus is a genus of platyrhacid millipedes found from Panama to Peru.[2]:380 The 11 species constitute the platyrhacid subfamily Psammodesminae (formerly the tribe Psammodesmini).[3]

Species

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References

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  1. "Psammodesmus Cook, 1896". MilliBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1-553
  3. Shelley, Rowland M.; Martinez-Torres, Daniela (2013). "The milliped family Platyrhacidae (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea) in the West Indies: Proposal of Hoffmanorhacus n. gen.; description and illustrations of males of Proaspis aitia Loomis, 1941; redescription of Nannorrhacus luciae (Pocock, 1894); hypotheses on origins and affinities; and an updated New World familial distribution". Zootaxa. 3626 (4): 477. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.4.