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MilliBase name details

Melanodesmus Carl, 1914

AphiaID

892002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892002)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted Name

Biporodesmus Attems, 1898

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Melanodesmus planus (Gervais, 1847) accepted as Mestosoma zeaensis (González-Sponga, 2004) accepted as Iulidesmus zeaensis (González-Sponga, 2004) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Batodesmini Cook, 1896

Direct children (2)

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Species Melanodesmus armatus Verhoeff, 1941 accepted as Biporodesmus armatus (Verhoeff, 1941) (old combination)
Species Melanodesmus planus (Gervais, 1847) accepted as Mestosoma zeaensis (González-Sponga, 2004) accepted as Iulidesmus zeaensis (González-Sponga, 2004)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Carl, J. (1914). Die Diplopoden von Columbien nebst Beiträgen zur Morphologie der Stemmatoiuliden. Memoires de la Société neuchâteloise des Sciences naturelles, 5: 821-993. Neuchâtel
page(s): 908 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2024). MilliBase. Melanodesmus Carl, 1914. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892002 on 2024-12-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

2021-06-04 15:55:19Z

changed

Sierwald, Petra

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Sources (5)

original description Carl, J. (1914). Die Diplopoden von Columbien nebst Beiträgen zur Morphologie der Stemmatoiuliden. Memoires de la Société neuchâteloise des Sciences naturelles, 5: 821-993. Neuchâtel
page(s): 908 [details]

additional source Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Über Diplopoden des Zoologischen Museums in München. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 71(1-2): 1-54. Jena
page(s): 3; note: lists Melanodesmus as a valid genus in the Alocodesmus group [details]

additional source Verhoeff, K. W. (1941). Zur Kenntnis australischer Strongylosomiden und einiger anderer Diplopoden. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, Ny Följd, Avd. 2, 36(17): 1-25. Lund; Leipzig
page(s): 15; note: refers to Melanodesmus Carl, 1914, not Melandoesmus Loomis, 1941 [details]

additional source Brölemann, H. W. (1916). Essai de classification des Polydesmiens. <em>Annales de la Société entomologique de France.</em> 84: 523-608. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8559505
page(s): 551 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1969). Chelodesmid studies. IV. A summary of the tribe Batodesmini, with the description of a new species of Biporodesmus from northwestern Brasil. <em>Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia.</em> 22(25): 263-283. Sao Paulo.
page(s): 272; note: synonymized Melanodesmus under Biporodesmus [details]