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Prepodesminae Cook, 1896
Cordyloporidae (Brölemann, 1916) · unaccepted
Cordyloporinae Brölemann, 1916 · unaccepted
Eucordyloporinae Demange & Mauriès, 1975 · unaccepted
Odontokrepidinae Verhoeff, 1938 · unaccepted
Prepodesmidae Cook, 1896 · unaccepted
Tylodesminae Chamberlin, 1952 · unaccepted
Xyodesmidae Cook, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Afolabina Hoffman, 1967
- Genus Ancylochetus Attems, 1931
- Genus Anisodesmus Cook, 1895
- Genus Basacantha Chamberlin, 1952
- Genus Callistocilla Hoffman, 1977
- Genus Cantabrodesmus Mauriès, 1971
- Genus Carloporus Demange & Mauriès, 1975
- Genus Cheirodesmus Cook, 1896
- Genus Cordyloconus Attems, 1938
- Genus Corystauchenus Hoffman, 1994
- Genus Cryptoporatia Hoffman, 1980
- Genus Diaphorodesmoides VandenSpiegel, Golovatch & Mauriès, 2016
- Genus Diaphorodesmus Silvestri, 1896
- Genus Doidesmus Chamberlin, 1927
- Genus Ectopotremia Hoffman, 2007
- Genus Entelopus Attems, 1953
- Genus Eucordyloporus Brölemann, 1916
- Genus Graphidochirus Attems, 1929
- Genus Isodesmus Cook, 1895
- Genus Kisantus Chamberlin, 1952
- Genus Lipodesmus Cook, 1896
- Tribe Macellolophini Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Macellolophus Attems, 1940
- Genus Macellolophus Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Macellolophus Attems, 1940 (unavailable: invalidly proposed without a type species)
- Genus Mesodesmus Carl, 1909
- Genus Morogorius Verhoeff, 1941
- Genus Morphotelus Chamberlin, 1952
- Genus Neocordyloporus Carl, 1905
- Genus Paracordyloporus Brölemann, 1916
- Genus Pimodesmus Chamberlin, 1927
- Genus Prepodesmus Cook, 1896
- Genus Scaptodesmus Cook, 1896
- Genus Specioporus Demange & Mauriès, 1975
- Genus Stirosoma Attems, 1953
- Genus Tanzaniella Hoffman, 1977
- Tribe Thanatomimini Hoffman & Reid, 1990
- Genus Thymodesmus Cook, 1896
- Genus Tidasus Attems, 1953
- Genus Triadesmus Demange & Mauriès, 1975
- Genus Tylodesmus Cook, 1895
- Genus Xyodesmus Cook, 1896
- Genus Benoitesmus Demange & Mauriès, 1975 accepted as Anisodesmus Cook, 1895
- Genus Congesmus Chamberlin, 1952 accepted as Mesodesmus Carl, 1909 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cordyloporella Verhoeff, 1938 accepted as Paracordyloporus Brölemann, 1916 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cordyloporus Attems, 1898 accepted as Prepodesmus Cook, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cryptoporus Porat, 1894 accepted as Cryptoporatia Hoffman, 1980 (preoccupied in Coleoptera and Hemiptera)
- Genus Gitadesmus Chamberlin, 1927 accepted as Lipodesmus Cook, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Grallodesmus Chamberlin, 1927 accepted as Paracordyloporus Brölemann, 1916 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Kyphopyge Attems, 1931 accepted as Scaptodesmus Cook, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lyrodesmus Cook, 1896 accepted as Tylodesmus Cook, 1895 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Odontokrepis Attems, 1898 accepted as Anisodesmus Cook, 1895 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paltophorus Attems, 1937 accepted as Pimodesmus Chamberlin, 1927 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pleuroarium Attems, 1929 accepted as Tylodesmus Cook, 1895 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Scolopopleura Attems, 1912 accepted as Lipodesmus Cook, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
Cook, O. F. (1896). A new diplopod fauna in Liberia. American Naturalist, 30: 413-420
page(s): 415 [details]
page(s): 415 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Prepodesminae Cook, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888942 on 2025-05-09
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Cook, O. F. (1896). A new diplopod fauna in Liberia. American Naturalist, 30: 413-420
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Xyodesmidae Cook, 1896) Cook, O. F. (1896). On the Xyodesmidae, a new family. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 4: 15-17
page(s): 15 [details]
original description (of Tylodesminae Chamberlin, 1952) Chamberlin, R. V. (1952). An arrangement of the Prepodesmidae, a family of African millipeds. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42: 327-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697689
page(s): 330 [details]
original description (of Cordyloporinae Brölemann, 1916) 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): 562; note: as a subfamily of Oxydesmidae [details]
original description (of Odontokrepidinae Verhoeff, 1938) Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Zur Kenntnis der Oxydesmiden. (Nach Objekten des Münchner Zoologischen Museums.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 124(7): 161-174. Leipzig
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Prepodesmidae Cook, 1896) Cook, O. F. (1896). A new diplopod fauna in Liberia. American Naturalist, 30: 413-420
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Eucordyloporinae Demange & Mauriès, 1975) Demange, J.-M.; Mauriès, J.-P. (1975). Myriapodes - Diplopodes des Monts Nimba et Tonkoui (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinée) récoltés par M. Lamotte et ses collaborateurs de 1942 à 1961. <em>Annalen, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika - Zoologische wetenschappen.</em> 212: 1-192. Tervuren.
page(s): 136 [details]
basis of record Chamberlin, R. V. (1952). An arrangement of the Prepodesmidae, a family of African millipeds. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42: 327-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697689
page(s): 327 [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 282 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1994). An interesting disjunct new genus of prepodesmine millipeds from Nigeria (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 3(5): 34-42. Martinsville
page(s): 38; note: maintains Prepodesminae (=Cordyloporinae) as a chelodesmid subfamily [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 155; note: moved all of Prepodesmidae into the Prepodesminae that was first proposed to contain a select group of prepodesmine genera by Chamberlin, 1952. [details]
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Xyodesmidae Cook, 1896) Cook, O. F. (1896). On the Xyodesmidae, a new family. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 4: 15-17
page(s): 15 [details]
original description (of Tylodesminae Chamberlin, 1952) Chamberlin, R. V. (1952). An arrangement of the Prepodesmidae, a family of African millipeds. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42: 327-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697689
page(s): 330 [details]
original description (of Cordyloporinae Brölemann, 1916) 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): 562; note: as a subfamily of Oxydesmidae [details]
original description (of Odontokrepidinae Verhoeff, 1938) Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Zur Kenntnis der Oxydesmiden. (Nach Objekten des Münchner Zoologischen Museums.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 124(7): 161-174. Leipzig
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Prepodesmidae Cook, 1896) Cook, O. F. (1896). A new diplopod fauna in Liberia. American Naturalist, 30: 413-420
page(s): 415 [details]
original description (of Eucordyloporinae Demange & Mauriès, 1975) Demange, J.-M.; Mauriès, J.-P. (1975). Myriapodes - Diplopodes des Monts Nimba et Tonkoui (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinée) récoltés par M. Lamotte et ses collaborateurs de 1942 à 1961. <em>Annalen, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika - Zoologische wetenschappen.</em> 212: 1-192. Tervuren.
page(s): 136 [details]
basis of record Chamberlin, R. V. (1952). An arrangement of the Prepodesmidae, a family of African millipeds. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42: 327-333., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697689
page(s): 327 [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 282 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1994). An interesting disjunct new genus of prepodesmine millipeds from Nigeria (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Myriapodologica, 3(5): 34-42. Martinsville
page(s): 38; note: maintains Prepodesminae (=Cordyloporinae) as a chelodesmid subfamily [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 155; note: moved all of Prepodesmidae into the Prepodesminae that was first proposed to contain a select group of prepodesmine genera by Chamberlin, 1952. [details]
