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Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910
892071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892071)
accepted
Genus
Myrmecodesmus formicarius Silvestri, 1910 (type by original designation)
Apsyma Chamberlin, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bolivaresmus Chamberlin, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ceratesmus Chamberlin, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eirenyma Chamberlin, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gibberdesmus Causey, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ilyma Chamberlin, 1941 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Melastolus Loomis, 1966 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orthyma Chamberlin, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stenotodesmus Causey, 1971 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Telauxus Chamberlin, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Myrmecodesmus aconus (Shear, 1973)
- Species Myrmecodesmus adisi (Hoffman, 1985)
- Species Myrmecodesmus amaurus (Causey, 1971)
- Species Myrmecodesmus amplus (Causey, 1973)
- Species Myrmecodesmus analogous (Causey, 1971)
- Species Myrmecodesmus atopus (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Species Myrmecodesmus brevis Shear, 1977
- Species Myrmecodesmus cajuni (Loomis, 1944)
- Species Myrmecodesmus chamberlini (Shear, 1977)
- Species Myrmecodesmus chipinqueus (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Species Myrmecodesmus clarus (Chamberlin, 1942)
- Species Myrmecodesmus colotlipa (Chamberlin, 1942)
- Species Myrmecodesmus cornutus (Shear, 1973)
- Species Myrmecodesmus digitatus (Loomis, 1959)
- Species Myrmecodesmus duodecimlobatus (Golovatch, 1996)
- Species Myrmecodesmus egenus (Causey, 1971)
- Species Myrmecodesmus errabundus (Shear, 1973)
- Species Myrmecodesmus fissus (Causey, 1977)
- Species Myrmecodesmus formicarius Silvestri, 1910
- Species Myrmecodesmus fractus (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Species Myrmecodesmus fuscus (Causey, 1977)
- Species Myrmecodesmus gelidus (Causey, 1971)
- Species Myrmecodesmus gelidus Shear, 1977
- Species Myrmecodesmus hastatus (Schubart, 1945)
- Species Myrmecodesmus ilymoides (Shear, 1973)
- Species Myrmecodesmus inornatus Shear, 1977
- Species Myrmecodesmus margo Causey, 1977
- Species Myrmecodesmus minusculus (Golovatch, 1996)
- Species Myrmecodesmus modestus Silvestri, 1911
- Species Myrmecodesmus monasticus (Causey, 1971)
- Species Myrmecodesmus morelus (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Species Myrmecodesmus mundus (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Species Myrmecodesmus obscurus (Causey, 1971)
- Species Myrmecodesmus orizaba (Chamberlin, 1941)
- Species Myrmecodesmus potosinus (Chamberlin, 1943)
- Species Myrmecodesmus reddelli Shelley, 2004
- Species Myrmecodesmus sabinus (Chamberlin, 1942)
- Species Myrmecodesmus sheari Recuero, 2014
- Species Myrmecodesmus unicorn Shear, 1977
- Species Myrmecodesmus clarus (Chamberlin, 1943) accepted as Myrmecodesmus chamberlini (Shear, 1977) (homonymy)
- Species Myrmecodesmus digitata Loomis, 1959 accepted as Myrmecodesmus digitatus (Loomis, 1959)
- Species Myrmecodesmus duodecimlobata (Golovatch, 1996) accepted as Myrmecodesmus duodecimlobatus (Golovatch, 1996)
- Species Myrmecodesmus hastata (Schubart, 1945) accepted as Myrmecodesmus hastatus (Schubart, 1945)
- Species Myrmecodesmus minuscula (Golovatch, 1996) accepted as Myrmecodesmus minusculus (Golovatch, 1996)
- Species Myrmecodesmus potosinus (Shear, 1973) accepted as Myrmecodesmus sheari Recuero, 2014 (homonymy)
masculine
Silvestri, F. (1910). Descrizioni preliminari di novi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35(12-13): 357-364. Jena, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741798
page(s): 359 [details]
page(s): 359 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjmv'%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjmv%3B9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892071 on 2025-07-06
original description
Silvestri, F. (1910). Descrizioni preliminari di novi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35(12-13): 357-364. Jena, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741798
page(s): 359 [details]
original description (of Ceratesmus Chamberlin, 1942) Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Eirenyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Apsyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 65 [details]
original description (of Bolivaresmus Chamberlin, 1942) Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Orthyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 66; note: Chamberlin treated the generic name as feminine [details]
original description (of Gibberdesmus Causey, 1971) Causey, N. B. (1971). Millipedes in the collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Diplopoda). AMCS Bulletin, 4: 23-32
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Stenotodesmus Causey, 1971) Causey, N. B. (1971). Millipedes in the collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Diplopoda). AMCS Bulletin, 4: 23-32
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Telauxus Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Ilyma Chamberlin, 1941) Chamberlin, R. V. (1941). New American Millipeds. <em>Bulletin of the University of Utah 31(11), Biological Series.</em> 6(4): 1-39. Salt Lake City.
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Melastolus Loomis, 1966) Loomis, H. F. (1966). Millipeds from the region of Monterrey, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 39: 513-524
page(s): 519 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 [details]
page(s): 359 [details]
original description (of Ceratesmus Chamberlin, 1942) Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Eirenyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Apsyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 65 [details]
original description (of Bolivaresmus Chamberlin, 1942) Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Orthyma Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 66; note: Chamberlin treated the generic name as feminine [details]
original description (of Gibberdesmus Causey, 1971) Causey, N. B. (1971). Millipedes in the collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Diplopoda). AMCS Bulletin, 4: 23-32
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Stenotodesmus Causey, 1971) Causey, N. B. (1971). Millipedes in the collection of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies (Diplopoda). AMCS Bulletin, 4: 23-32
page(s): 28 [details]
original description (of Telauxus Chamberlin, 1943) Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103
page(s): 68 [details]
original description (of Ilyma Chamberlin, 1941) Chamberlin, R. V. (1941). New American Millipeds. <em>Bulletin of the University of Utah 31(11), Biological Series.</em> 6(4): 1-39. Salt Lake City.
page(s): 24 [details]
original description (of Melastolus Loomis, 1966) Loomis, H. F. (1966). Millipeds from the region of Monterrey, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 39: 513-524
page(s): 519 [details]
additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
