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MilliBase name details

Leptodesmidae Attems, 1898

AphiaID

1056911 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1056911)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Accepted name

Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895

Rank

Family

Parent

Chelodesmoidea Cook, 1895

Environment

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

Original description

Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1898). System der Polydesmiden. I. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen. 67: 221-482. Wien., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27925127
page(s): 369; note: introduced as Leptodesminae [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Leptodesmidae Attems, 1898. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056911 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

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Sources (12)

original description Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1898). System der Polydesmiden. I. Theil. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klassen. 67: 221-482. Wien., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27925127
page(s): 369; note: introduced as Leptodesminae [details]

additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von (1926). Progoneata. In: Kükenthal, Willy: Handbuch der Zoologie. Vierter Band. Erste Hälfte., 4(1): 7-238. Berlin, Leipzig
page(s): 146 [details]

additional source Attems, C. M. T. Graf von. (1938). Myriapoda 3. Polydesmoidea II. Fam. Leptodesmidae, Platyrhachidae, Oxydesmidae, Gomphodesmidae. Das Tierreich. 69: 1-487. Berlin.
page(s): 1 [details]

additional source Schubart, O. (1946). Contribuiçao ao conhecimento do gênero Leptodesmus (Família Leptodesmidae, Diplopoda). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 18: 165-202. Rio de Janeiro
page(s): 165 [details]

additional source Schubart, O. (1944). Os Diplopodos de Pirassununga. Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 2: 321-440. Tucuman
page(s): 346 [details]

additional source Schubart, O. (1945). Os Proterospermophora do Distrito Federal (Myriapoda, Diplopoda). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 38: 1-156. Rio de Janeiro
page(s): 52 [details]

additional source Verhoeff, K. W. (1941). Über Gruppen der Leptodesmiden und neues System der Ordo Polydesmoidea. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, N.F., 10(3): 399-415. Leipzig
page(s): 409 [details]

additional source Verhoeff, K. W. (1941). Chilopoden und Diplopoden. In: Titschack, E.: Beiträge zur Fauna Perus, 1, 5-72. Hamburg: C. Behre
page(s): 32 [details]

additional source Verhoeff, K. W. (1943). Über einige Diplopoden aus Minas Gerais (Brasilien). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 37: 247-288
page(s): 275 [details]

additional source Brölemann, H. W. (1916). Essai de classification des Polydesmiens. Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 84: 523-608. Paris., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8559505
page(s): 550 [details]

additional source Schubart, O. (1953). Über einen subtropischen Fluß Brasiliens, den Mogi-Guassú, insbesondere seine physikalischen Bedingungen wie Wasserstand, Temperatur und Sichttiefe. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 48: 350-430. Stuttgart
page(s): 95 [details]

source of synonymy Hoffman, R. L. (1950). The status of the milliped Chelodesmus marxi Cook, and of the family name Chelodesmidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 63: 185-188
page(s): 185; note: Leptodesmidae considered a junior subjective synonym of Chelodesmidae [details]