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MilliBase name details

Polydesmus dorsalis Murray, 1877

AphiaID

951690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:951690)

Classification

Status

uncertain

Rank

Species

Parent

Polydesmus Latreille, 1802

Orig. name

Polydesmus dorsalis Murray, 1877

Synonymised names

Oxydesmus dorsalis (Murray, 1877) · unaccepted

Environment

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

Original description

Murray, A. (1877). Economic Entomology. Aptera, Arachnoidea, Anoplurra, Myriapoda etc.. London
page(s): 20 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. (2021). MilliBase. Polydesmus dorsalis Murray, 1877. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=951690 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-23 08:16:02Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2021-09-06 13:05:42Z

changed

Decker, Peter

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (6)

original description Murray, A. (1877). Economic Entomology. Aptera, Arachnoidea, Anoplurra, Myriapoda etc.. London
page(s): 20 [details]

additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich, 69: 1-487. Berlin
page(s): 340 [details]

additional source Shelley, R. M. (1999). Centipedes and millipedes with emphasis on North American fauna. Kansas School Naturalist, 45(3): 1-15. Emporia
page(s): 484 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 484 [details]

new combination reference Cook, O. F. (1896). A Synopsis of Malayan Platyrrhacidae. <em>Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda).</em> 1: 1-4., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583888
page(s): 11; note: Oxydesmus dorsalis [details]

status source Hoffman, R. L. (1990). Myriapoda 4. Polydesmida: Oxydesmidae. Das Tierreich, 107: 1-115. Berlin, New York
page(s): 484-485; note: The name, however, is a junior objective homonym of Polydesmus dorsalis PETERS, 1865, based on a species of the family Platyrhacidae from the Phillippine Islands. If the type of dorsalis MURRAY is eve...

The name, however, is a junior objective homonym of Polydesmus dorsalis PETERS, 1865, based on a species of the family Platyrhacidae from the Phillippine Islands. If the type of dorsalis MURRAY is ever discovered and shown to be a valid species, a new name will have to be proposed for it.

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