MilliBase name details
Dromodesmus Chamberlin, 1923
893477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:893477)
unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Genus
Dromodesmus longipes Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Alocodesmus longipes (Chamberlin, 1923) (type by original designation)
- Species Dromodesmus celer Chamberlin, 1950 accepted as Alocodesmus celer (Chamberlin, 1950) accepted as Alocodesmus gracilicornis (Brölemann, 1898) (Junior subjective synonym)
- Species Dromodesmus homalus Chamberlin, 1941 accepted as Biporodesmus homalus (Chamberlin, 1941) (old combination)
- Species Dromodesmus longipes Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Alocodesmus longipes (Chamberlin, 1923)
masculine
Chamberlin, R. V. (1923). Results of the Bryant Walker Expeditions of the University of Michigan to Colombia, 1913, and British Guiana, 1914. The Diplopoda. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> 133: 1-83., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56572
page(s): 51 [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Dromodesmus Chamberlin, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjmv'%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjmv%3B9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=893477 on 2025-05-12
original description
Chamberlin, R. V. (1923). Results of the Bryant Walker Expeditions of the University of Michigan to Colombia, 1913, and British Guiana, 1914. The Diplopoda. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> 133: 1-83., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/56572
page(s): 51 [details]
basis of record Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 152; note: listed Dromodesmus as a junior subjective synonym of Alocodesmus [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 260 [details]
additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 195; note: lists Dromodesmus as valid genus containing the single species longipes [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1969). Chelodesmid studies. IV. A summary of the tribe Batodesmini, with the description of a new species of Biporodesmus from northwestern Brasil. <em>Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia.</em> 22(25): 263-283. Sao Paulo.
page(s): 267; note: synonymized Dromodesmus under Alocodesmus [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
basis of record Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 152; note: listed Dromodesmus as a junior subjective synonym of Alocodesmus [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 260 [details]
additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 195; note: lists Dromodesmus as valid genus containing the single species longipes [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1969). Chelodesmid studies. IV. A summary of the tribe Batodesmini, with the description of a new species of Biporodesmus from northwestern Brasil. <em>Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia.</em> 22(25): 263-283. Sao Paulo.
page(s): 267; note: synonymized Dromodesmus under Alocodesmus [details]
