Biology:Pseudopolydesmus

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Short description: Genus of millipedes

Pseudopolydesmus
Pseudopolydesmus canadensis - Algonquin Provincial Park 2019-09-20 (03).jpg
Pseudopolydesmus canadensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Polydesmidae
Genus: Pseudopolydesmus

Pseudopolydesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Polydesmidae.

Species

Formerly, there were at least 12 described species in the genus Pseudopolydesmus.[1][2][3][4] Presently however, following a review published in 2019 which used scanning electron microscopy and ultraviolet fluorescence to produce detailed images of specimens, only the following eight species are recognised:[5]


References

  1. "Pseudopolydesmus Genus Information". Iowa State University. https://bugguide.net/node/view/97446. Retrieved 2018-01-25. 
  2. "Pseudopolydesmus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=569442. Retrieved 2018-01-25. 
  3. "Shelley R.M. The myriapods, the world’s leggiest animals". https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Nadiplochilo/Nadiplochilo.aspx. Retrieved 2018-01-25. 
  4. Hoffman, R.L. (1999). "Checklist of Millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 8
  5. Petra Sierwald, FLS; Derek A. Hennen; Xavier J. Zahnle; Stephanie Ware; Paul E. Marek (2019). "Taxonomic synthesis of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), utilizing high-detail ultraviolet fluorescence imaging". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187 (1): 117-142. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz020. 

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