Marine Species Traits - Pterodesmus sakalava De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901

Traits name details

Pterodesmus sakalava De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901

AphiaID

937811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:937811)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Eutubercularium voeltzkowi (Mesibov, Wesener & Hollier, 2018)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Pterodesmus Cook, 1896

Parent

Pterodesmus Cook, 1896

Original name

Polydesmus (Tubercularium) sakalava De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901

Environment

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

Original description

Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehntner, L. (1902). Myriopoden aus Madagaskar und Zanzibar, gesammelt von Dr. A. Voetzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 26(4): 429-460. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16126049
page(s): 437, Figs 8-10; note: as Pterodesmus sakalava [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2026). MilliBase. Pterodesmus sakalava De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=937811 on 2026-03-07

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Pterodesmus sakalava De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=937811 on 2026-03-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-19 09:46:04Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2026-01-28 20:48:33Z

changed

Decker, Peter

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Sources (6)

original description Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehntner, L. (1902). Myriopoden aus Madagaskar und Zanzibar, gesammelt von Dr. A. Voetzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 26(4): 429-460. Frankfurt am Main., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16126049
page(s): 437, Figs 8-10; note: as Pterodesmus sakalava [details]

replacement name source Mesibov, R.; Wesener, T.; Hollier, J. (2018). A replacement name for Dalodesmus sakalava (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1901) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae). Zootaxa. 4413(2): 389., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.11
page(s): 390; note: Replacement name for Dalodesmus sakalava (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1901) [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Saussure, H. L. F. de; Zehntner, L. (1902). Myriapodes de Madagascar. In: Grandidier, A. (Ed.),. Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar. 27(53): 1-356. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1227021
page(s): 93; plate XIV, fig. 20-20b; note: as Polydesmus (Tubercularium) sakalava; lists ,em>Polydesmus hamatus Brandt, 1841 in the synonymy; discusses naming issues [details]

new combination reference Brölemann, H. W. (1916). Essai de classification des Polydesmiens. Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 84: 523-608. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8559505
page(s): 605; note: as Eutubersularium sakalava; as type species of Eutubercularium [details]

new combination reference Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1940). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Periodontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 70: 1-577. Berlin, available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111609645.383
page(s): 436; note: Tubercularium sakalava [details]

status 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): 349; note: type species designation by Jeekel, 1971: 349; genus-group name Pterodesmus De Saussure & Zehntner, 1901 preoccupied by Pterodesmus Cook, 1896 [details]