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Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910

Ilyma colotlipa
Ilyma colotlipa

892071  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892071)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Myriapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Diplopoda (Class)
  6. Chilognatha (Subclass)
  7. Helminthomorpha (Infraclass)
  8. Eugnatha (Subterclass)
  9. Merocheta (Superorder)
  10. Polydesmida (Order)
  11. Polydesmidea (Suborder)
  12. Oniscodesmoides (Infraorder)
  13. Pyrgodesmoidea (Superfamily)
  14. Pyrgodesmidae (Family)
  15. Myrmecodesmus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Myrmecodesmus formicarius Silvestri, 1910 (type by original designation)
Apsyma Chamberlin, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bolivaresmus Chamberlin, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ceratesmus Chamberlin, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eirenyma Chamberlin, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gibberdesmus Causey, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melastolus Loomis, 1966 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orthyma Chamberlin, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stenotodesmus Causey, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Telauxus Chamberlin, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Myrmecodesmus aconus (Shear, 1973)
  2. Species Myrmecodesmus adisi (Hoffman, 1985)
  3. Species Myrmecodesmus amaurus (Causey, 1971)
  4. Species Myrmecodesmus amplus (Causey, 1973)
  5. Species Myrmecodesmus analogous (Causey, 1971)
  6. Species Myrmecodesmus atopus (Chamberlin, 1943)
  7. Species Myrmecodesmus brevis Shear, 1977
  8. Species Myrmecodesmus chamberlini (Shear, 1977)
  9. Species Myrmecodesmus chipinqueus (Chamberlin, 1943)
  10. Species Myrmecodesmus clarus (Chamberlin, 1942)
  11. Species Myrmecodesmus cornutus (Shear, 1973)
  12. Species Myrmecodesmus digitatus (Loomis, 1959)
  13. Species Myrmecodesmus duodecimlobatus (Golovatch, 1996)
  14. Species Myrmecodesmus egenus (Causey, 1971)
  15. Species Myrmecodesmus errabundus (Shear, 1973)
  16. Species Myrmecodesmus fissus (Causey, 1977)
  17. Species Myrmecodesmus formicarius Silvestri, 1910
  18. Species Myrmecodesmus fractus (Chamberlin, 1943)
  19. Species Myrmecodesmus fuscus (Causey, 1977)
  20. Species Myrmecodesmus gelidus (Causey, 1971)
  21. Species Myrmecodesmus hastatus (Schubart, 1945)
  22. Species Myrmecodesmus ilymoides (Shear, 1973)
  23. Species Myrmecodesmus inornatus Shear, 1977
  24. Species Myrmecodesmus margo Causey, 1977
  25. Species Myrmecodesmus minusculus (Golovatch, 1996)
  26. Species Myrmecodesmus modestus Silvestri, 1911
  27. Species Myrmecodesmus monasticus (Causey, 1971)
  28. Species Myrmecodesmus morelus (Chamberlin, 1943)
  29. Species Myrmecodesmus mundus (Chamberlin, 1943)
  30. Species Myrmecodesmus obscurus (Causey, 1971)
  31. Species Myrmecodesmus orizaba (Chamberlin, 1941)
  32. Species Myrmecodesmus potosinus (Chamberlin, 1943)
  33. Species Myrmecodesmus reddelli Shelley, 2004
  34. Species Myrmecodesmus sabinus (Chamberlin, 1942)
  35. Species Myrmecodesmus sheari Recuero, 2014
  36. Species Myrmecodesmus unicorn Shear, 1977
  37. Species Myrmecodesmus cajuni (Loomis, 1944) accepted as Myrmecodesmus formicarius Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Myrmecodesmus colotlipa (Chamberlin, 1942) accepted as Myrmecodesmus formicarius Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Silvestri, F. (1910). Descrizioni preliminari di novi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35(12-13): 357-364. Jena, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741798
page(s): 359 [details] 
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892071 on 2026-03-23
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892071 on 2026-03-23
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2016-12-20 08:40:13Z
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Sierwald, Petra
2017-09-01 12:54:16Z
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Spelda, Jörg

original description Silvestri, F. (1910). Descrizioni preliminari di novi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35(12-13): 357-364. Jena, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741798
page(s): 359 [details] 

original description (of Ceratesmus Chamberlin, 1942) Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19
page(s): 10 [details] 

original description (of Eirenyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 67 [details] 

original description (of Apsyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 65 [details] 

original description (of Bolivaresmus Chamberlin, 1942) Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19
page(s): 10 [details] 

original description (of Orthyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 66; note: Chamberlin treated the generic name as feminine [details] 

original description (of Gibberdesmus Causey, 1971) Causey, N. B. (1971). Millipedes in the collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Diplopoda). AMCS Bulletin, 4: 23-32
page(s): 24 [details] 

original description (of Stenotodesmus Causey, 1971) Causey, N. B. (1971). Millipedes in the collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Diplopoda). AMCS Bulletin, 4: 23-32
page(s): 28 [details] 

original description (of Melastolus Loomis, 1966) Loomis, H. F. (1966). Millipeds from the region of Monterrey, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 39: 513-524
page(s): 519 [details] 

original description (of Telauxus Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 68 [details] 

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 [details] 

additional source Shelley, R. M. (2004). The milliped family Pyrgodesmidae in the continental USA, with the first record of Poratia digitata (Porat) from the Bahamas (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Journal of Natural History, 38(9): 1159-1181 [details] 
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