Eutrichodesmus

Eutrichodesmus
Eutrichodesmus aster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Haplodesmidae
Genus:
Eutrichodesmus

Silvestri, 1910
Synonyms [1]
  • Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910
  • Dimorphodesmus Murakami, 1966
  • Ascetophacus Hoffman, 1977
  • Cerastelachys Hoffman, 1977
  • Dyomerothrix Hoffman, 1982
  • Parapauroplus Zhang in Zhang & Wang, 1993
  • Pocillidorsus Zhang in Zhang & Wang, 1993

Eutrichodesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Haplodesmidae, containing at least 32 species in China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.[2] One of these species (Eutrichodesmus peculiaris) exhibits sexual dimorphism in segments number: The adult females have 20 segments (including the telson), but the adult males have only 19.[3]

Species[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Sergei Golovatch; Jean-Jacques Geoffroy; Jean-Paul Mauriès; Didier VandenSpiegel (7 April 2009). "Review of the millipede family Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895, with descriptions of some new or poorly-known species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)". ZooKeys. 7 (7): 1–53. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.7.117. ISSN 1313-2989. Wikidata Q21090285.
  2. ^ Golovatch, S. I.; Mikhaljova, E. V.; Korsós, Zoltan & Chang, H. W. (2010). "The millipede family Haplodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) recorded in Taiwan for the first time, the description of a new species" (PDF). Tropical Natural History. 10 (1): 27–36.
  3. ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.

Further reading[edit]

  • Hoffman, R. L. 1977: The systematic position of the diplopod family Doratodesmidae, and description of a new genus from Malaya (Polydesmida). Pacific insects, 17: 247-255. PDF
  • Hoffman, R. L. 1977b: Diplopoda from Malayan caves, collected by M. Pierre Strinati. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 84(3): 699-719.
  • Hoffman, R. L. 1982: A new genus and species of doratodesmid milliped from Thailand. Archives des sciences (Geneva), 35(1): 87-93.
  • Murakami, Y. 1966: Postembryonic development of the common Myriapoda in Japan XXI. A new genus of the family Oniscodesmidae and a new species of the genus Arachandrodesmus (Cryptodesmidae). Zoological magazine, 75(2): 30-33.
  • Silvestri, F. 1910: Descrizione preliminari di nuovi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35: 357-364.


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