Biology:Nearctodesmidae

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Nearctodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida.[1][2][3][4][5] These millipedes are found in northwestern North America.[4] This family includes the species Nearctodesmus salix. The defensive secretion of this millipede consist of hydrogen cyanide, benzaldehyde, 3-methylbutanoic acid, and 2-methylbutanoic. This evidence confirms that cyanogenesis extends to the family Nearctodesmidae.[6]

Taxonomy

Authorities often consider Nearctodesmidae to be a junior synonym of Macrosternodesmidae.[7][8][9] Many of these authorities demote Nearctodesmidae and place the genera previously assigned to that family in a subfamily (Nearctodesminae) in the family Macrosternodesmidae.[7][10][11] Other authorities consider both Nearctodesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae to be junior synonyms of Trichopolydesmidae.[9][12]

Genera

Authorities include at least the following genera in this family:[1][3][4]

  • Bistolodesmus Shelley, 1994
  • Ergodesmus Chamberlin, 1949
  • Kepolydesmus Chamberlin, 1910
  • Nearctodesmus Silvestri, 1910

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ITIS - Report: Nearctodesmidae". https://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=569042#null. 
  2. ↑ "Nearctodesmidae Family Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/314298. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nearctodesmidae - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/51547784. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Shelley, Rowland M. (2002). "A revised, annotated, family-level classification of the Diplopoda". Arthropoda Selecta 11 (3): 187–207 [193, 200]. https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/11/11_3%20187_207%20Shelley.pdf. 
  5. ↑ Shelley, R.M.. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Nadiplochilo/Nadiplochilo.aspx. Retrieved 2018-02-23. 
  6. ↑ Wood, William F.; Sorensen, Patrick W. (2005). "The defensive secretion of the millipede, Nearctodesmus salix (Polydesmida: Nearctodesmidae)". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 33: 1077–1079. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2005.02.007. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Shear, William A.; Reddell, James M. (2017-01-01). "Cave millipedes of the United States. XIV. Revalidation of the genus Speorthus Chamberlin, 1952 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), with a description of a new species from Texas and remarks on the families Polydesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae in North America". Insecta Mundi 0529: 1–13 [5]. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/1034/. 
  8. ↑ Shear, W. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844". in Zhang, Z.-Q.. Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. pp. 159–164 [164]. ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p164.pdf. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Golovatch, Sergei (2013-10-04). "A reclassification of the millipede superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea, with descriptions of two new species from the Aegean region (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)" (in en). ZooKeys (340): 63–78 [75]. doi:10.3897/zookeys.340.6295. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 24146592. PMC 3800799. Bibcode: 2013ZooK..340...63G. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3302/. 
  10. ↑ "MilliBase - Nearctodesminae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950". https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1741989. 
  11. ↑ "Nearctodesminae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950 | COL". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/C7VSM. 
  12. ↑ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01), "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview" (in en), Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2 (Brill): pp. 363–453, doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017, ISBN 978-90-04-18827-3, https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004188273/B9789004188273_017.xml, retrieved 2025-03-17 

Further reading

  • Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. 59. Pensoft. 
  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 
  • Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 

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