Pandirodesmus

<i>Pandirodesmus</i>

Pandirodesmus

Genus of millipedes

Pandirodesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Chelodesmidae, occurring in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.[1][2][3] They are characterized by a lightly sclerotized, smooth, greyish-white exoskeleton and alternating long and short legs, exposed parts usually covered with densely cemented, but loosely attached sand grains imparting a dark beige to black coloration and concealing setae.

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References

  1. [1]
    Silvestri, F (1932). "A new and extraordinary genus of the Diplopod family, Polydesmidae from British Guiana". American Museum Novitates (564): 1-12.
  2. [2]
    Shelley, Rowland M.; Smith, Jamie M. (2015). "The enigmatic milliped genus Pandirodesmus Silvestri 1932 and description of a new species from Tobago represented by males (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Chelodesmidae: Chelodesminae: Pandirodesmini)". Insecta Mundi. 0444: 1-15.
  3. [3]
    Vandenspiegel, Didier; Golovatch, Sergei I.; Rutherford, Mike G. (1 March 2022). "The millipede genus Pandirodesmus Silvestri, 1932 in Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, with the description of P. jaggernauthi sp. nov. from Trinidad (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae, Pandirodesmini)". Zootaxa. 5104 (4): 567–576. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.6. PMID 35391019. S2CID 247176492.


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