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Polydesmus diadema Gervais, 1837
940604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:940604)
unaccepted
Species
Not documented
Type locality contained in Gibraltar
type locality contained in Gibraltar [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Polydesmus diadema Gervais, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=940604 on 2025-07-06
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Gervais, P. (1837). Études pour servir á l'histoire naturelle des Myriapodes. <em>Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie, série 2, tome 7: 35-60, plate 4b.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2254777
page(s): 10; note: type material unknown; not formally described until Lucas, 1840 [details]
additional source Gervais, P. (1847). Myriapodes. In: Walckenaer, Hist. natur. des Insectes. Aptères IV, 4: 1-623. Paris, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32961491
page(s): 97, plate 45, figs 2a-b; note: redescription [details]
additional source Mauriès, J.-P.; Golovatch, S. I.; Hoffman, R. L. (2006). Review of the millipede genus Macellolophus Attems, 1940 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 15(1): 19-21 [details]
additional source Marek, P. E.; Tanabe, T.; Sierwald, P. (2014). A species catalog of the millipede family Xystodesmidae. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History Publications.</em> 17: 1-117., available online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q2QsOY_MMeyn0wr-Y6cHK0kEqeaLqip-/view
page(s): 83 [details]
additional source Kime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1 Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. <em>Fauna Europaea Evertebrata.</em> 3: 1-282; June 2011.
page(s): 73; note: While Polydesmus diadema is most probably the same species [Macellolophus rubromarginatus], the absence of the type material means that strict topotypes from Gibraltar, where it was found , are neces...
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additional source Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 524; note: first description [details]
additional source Ceuca, T. (1988). Sur quelques diplopodes de la Peninsule Iberique et du nord de l'Afrique. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Seria Biologia, 33(2): 40-48. Cluj
page(s): 40 [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L.; Lohmander, H. (1968). The Diplopoda of Turkey. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65: 61-121. Hamburg
page(s): 99 [details]
page(s): 10; note: type material unknown; not formally described until Lucas, 1840 [details]
additional source Gervais, P. (1847). Myriapodes. In: Walckenaer, Hist. natur. des Insectes. Aptères IV, 4: 1-623. Paris, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32961491
page(s): 97, plate 45, figs 2a-b; note: redescription [details]
additional source Mauriès, J.-P.; Golovatch, S. I.; Hoffman, R. L. (2006). Review of the millipede genus Macellolophus Attems, 1940 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Arthropoda Selecta, 15(1): 19-21 [details]
additional source Marek, P. E.; Tanabe, T.; Sierwald, P. (2014). A species catalog of the millipede family Xystodesmidae. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History Publications.</em> 17: 1-117., available online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q2QsOY_MMeyn0wr-Y6cHK0kEqeaLqip-/view
page(s): 83 [details]
additional source Kime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1 Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. <em>Fauna Europaea Evertebrata.</em> 3: 1-282; June 2011.
page(s): 73; note: While Polydesmus diadema is most probably the same species [Macellolophus rubromarginatus], the absence of the type material means that strict topotypes from Gibraltar, where it was found , are neces...
While Polydesmus diadema is most probably the same species [Macellolophus rubromarginatus], the absence of the type material means that strict topotypes from Gibraltar, where it was found , are necessary before this may be confirmed. (Taken from Mauriès et al. 2006)
additional source Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 524; note: first description [details]
additional source Ceuca, T. (1988). Sur quelques diplopodes de la Peninsule Iberique et du nord de l'Afrique. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Seria Biologia, 33(2): 40-48. Cluj
page(s): 40 [details]
source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L.; Lohmander, H. (1968). The Diplopoda of Turkey. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65: 61-121. Hamburg
page(s): 99 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
