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Polydesmus mexicanus Lucas, 1840
941071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:941071)
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Species
Platyrhacus mexicanus Lucas, 1840 · unaccepted
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): 523 [details]
page(s): 523 [details]
Type locality contained in Mexico
type locality contained in Mexico [details]
Decker, P.; Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J.; Barber, A.D.; Antic, D.; Bouzan, R.; Enghoff, H.; Hennen, D.; Iniesta, L. F. M.; Means, J.; Nguyen, A. D.; Simmons, E.; Wesener, T. (2026). MilliBase. Polydesmus mexicanus Lucas, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaRecordsByTaxonRankID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=941071 on 2026-08-15
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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): 523 [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): 107 [details]
additional source Pocock, R. I. (1910). Chilopoda and Diplopoda. In: Biologia centrali-americana, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America, edited by F. Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin, 1-217, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/576427
page(s): 140 [details]
additional source Saussure, H. L. F. de. (1860). Essai d'une faune des Myriapodes du Mexique avec la description de quelques espèces des autres parties de l'Amérique. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physiques et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 15(2): 135 pages, starts page 259, page numbering uncertain., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10918573
page(s): 334 [details]
status source Recuero, E.; Sánchez-Vialas, A. (2018). A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4482(2): 245-273., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2
page(s): 269; note: Attems's (1899) description was based on the type specimens of Barydesmus broelemanni (Attems, 1914). According to Loomis (1968) a possible synonym of Nyssodesmus montivagus. Hoffman (1999) suggested ...
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page(s): 523 [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): 107 [details]
additional source Pocock, R. I. (1910). Chilopoda and Diplopoda. In: Biologia centrali-americana, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America, edited by F. Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin, 1-217, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/576427
page(s): 140 [details]
additional source Saussure, H. L. F. de. (1860). Essai d'une faune des Myriapodes du Mexique avec la description de quelques espèces des autres parties de l'Amérique. <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physiques et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève.</em> 15(2): 135 pages, starts page 259, page numbering uncertain., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10918573
page(s): 334 [details]
status source Recuero, E.; Sánchez-Vialas, A. (2018). A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4482(2): 245-273., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2
page(s): 269; note: Attems's (1899) description was based on the type specimens of Barydesmus broelemanni (Attems, 1914). According to Loomis (1968) a possible synonym of Nyssodesmus montivagus. Hoffman (1999) suggested ...
Attems's (1899) description was based on the type specimens of Barydesmus broelemanni (Attems, 1914). According to Loomis (1968) a possible synonym of Nyssodesmus montivagus. Hoffman (1999) suggested it could be a species of Barydesmus. Currently there are no verified records of Platyrhacidae in Mexico (Hoffman 1999; Bueno-Villegas et al. 2004).
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
