Marine Species Traits - Termitodesmidae Silvestri, 1911

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Termitodesmidae Silvestri, 1911

AphiaID

1350191 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1350191)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Glomeridesmida

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Subfamily Termitodesminae Silvestri, 1911
1. Genus Termitodesmus Silvestri, 1911

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Silvestri, F. (1911). Beschreibung der von K. Escherich auf Ceylon gesammelten termitophilen Thysanuren, Myriapoden, sowie einer unbekannten mimetischen, terminophilen Coleopterenlarve. In: Escherich, K.: Termitenleben auf Ceylon, Neue Studien zur Soziologie der Tiere, Zugleich ein Kapitel kolonialer Forstentomologie. 239-247.
page(s): 245; note: As subfamily Termitodesminae [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Termitodesmidae Silvestri, 1911. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350191 on 2026-01-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Termitodesmidae Silvestri, 1911. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1350191 on 2026-01-18

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original description Silvestri, F. (1911). Beschreibung der von K. Escherich auf Ceylon gesammelten termitophilen Thysanuren, Myriapoden, sowie einer unbekannten mimetischen, terminophilen Coleopterenlarve. In: Escherich, K.: Termitenleben auf Ceylon, Neue Studien zur Soziologie der Tiere, Zugleich ein Kapitel kolonialer Forstentomologie. 239-247.
page(s): 245; note: As subfamily Termitodesminae [details]

taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill, Leiden; Boston. 482 pp.
page(s): 447; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]

additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (2003). A bibliographic catalogue of the order Glomeridesmida (Diplopoda). Myriapod Memoranda, 6: 102-109 [details]

additional source Wesener, T. (2015). Infraclass Pentazonia Brandt, 1833. 370-381. In: Enghoff et al., Diplopoda - Taxonomic overview. Minelli, A. (ed.) The Myriapoda. Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. Vol 2, 482 pp, Brill. [details]

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