Marine Species Traits - Desmonus pudicus (Bollman, 1888)

Traits taxon details

Desmonus pudicus (Bollman, 1888)

Desmonus austrus

AphiaID

945871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:945871)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Desmonus Cook, 1898

Original name

Sphaeriodesmus pudicus Bollman, 1888

Synonymised names

Desmonus acclivus (Loomis, 1966) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Desmonus atophus (Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1941) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Desmonus austrus Causey, 1958 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Desmonus conjunctus Loomis, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Desmonus crassus Loomis, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Desmonus curtus (Loomis, 1943) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Desmonus distinctus Loomis, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Desmonus inordinatus Causey, 1958 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Tetraporosoma seriatum Loomis, 1966 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Bollman, C. H. (1888). A preliminary list of the Myriapoda of Arkansas, with descriptions of new species. Entomologica Americana, 4: 1-8
page(s): 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Desmonus pudicus (Bollman, 1888). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=945871 on 2026-07-05

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Desmonus pudicus (Bollman, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=945871 on 2026-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-23 07:41:39Z

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Sierwald, Petra

2017-01-23 14:56:15Z

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Sierwald, Petra

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original description (of Desmonus austrus Causey, 1958) Causey, N. B. (1958). Pill millipeds (Desmonidae, Polydesmida) in the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 71: 173-178
page(s): 178 [details]

original description (of Desmonus crassus Loomis, 1959) Loomis, H. F. (1959). Millipeds collected en route from Florida to San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 49: 157-163
page(s): 158 [details]

original description (of Desmonus conjunctus Loomis, 1959) Loomis, H. F. (1959). Millipeds collected en route from Florida to San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 49: 157-163
page(s): 158 [details]

original description (of Desmonus distinctus Loomis, 1959) Loomis, H. F. (1959). Millipeds collected en route from Florida to San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 49: 157-163
page(s): 158 [details]

original description (of Desmonus inordinatus Causey, 1958) Causey, N. B. (1958). Pill millipeds (Desmonidae, Polydesmida) in the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 71: 173-178
page(s): 176 [details]

original description (of Tetraporosoma seriatum Loomis, 1966) Loomis, H. F. (1966). Millipeds from the region of Monterrey, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 39: 513-524
page(s): 518 [details]

original description (of ) Bollman, C. H. (1888). A preliminary list of the Myriapoda of Arkansas, with descriptions of new species. Entomologica Americana, 4: 1-8
page(s): 3 [details]

additional source Shelley, R. M. (2000). Revision of the milliped subfamily Desmoninae (Polydesmida: Sphaeriodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 6(5): 27-54. Martinsville
page(s): 39 [details]

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