Psammodesmus Explained

Psammodesmus is a genus of platyrhacid millipedes found from Panama to Peru.^[1] The 11 species constitute the platyrhacid subfamily Psammodesminae (formerly the tribe Psammodesmini).^[2]

Species

• Psammodesmus atratus (Chamberlin, 1947)
• Psammodesmus bryophorus Hoffman, Martínez & Flórez, 2011
• Psammodesmus cainarachus (Chamberlin, 1941)
• Psammodesmus calius (Chamberlin, 1952)
• Psammodesmus camerani Silvestri, 1897
• Psammodesmus chuncho (Chamberlin), 1941
• Psammodesmus cos Cook, 1896
• Psammodesmus dasys (Chamberlin, 1941)
• Psammodesmus fasciolatus Silvestri, 1898
• Psammodesmus remotus Loomis, 1964
• Psammodesmus schmitti Loomis & Hoffman, 1953

Notes and References

1. Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1-553
2. Shelley. Rowland M.. Martinez-Torres. Daniela. 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. 2013. 3626. 4. 477. 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.4.4.