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Glomeridesmida
887896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:887896)
Latzel, 1884
accepted
Order
- Family Glomeridesmidae Latzel, 1884
- Family Termitodesmidae Silvestri, 1911
- Family Zephroniodesmidae Cook, 1895 accepted as Glomeridesmidae Latzel, 1884 (junior subjective synonym)
terrestrial
Latzel, R. (1884). Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. 1-414. Wien, available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c089915321&seq=7
page(s): 124; note: As family Glomeridesmidae [details]
page(s): 124; note: As family Glomeridesmidae [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. Glomeridesmida. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/rest/AphiaChildrenByAphiaID/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887896 on 2026-06-26
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Latzel, R. (1884). Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. 1-414. Wien, available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c089915321&seq=7
page(s): 124; note: As family Glomeridesmidae [details]
taxonomy source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 59-60; note: lists Glomeridesmidae as the only valid family containing two monotypic subfamilies: Glomeridesminae (Glomeridesmus) and Termitodesminae (Termitodesmus). Zephroniodesmidae Cook listed as a synonym. [details]
taxonomy source Wesener, T. (2015). Infraclass Pentazonia Brandt, 1833. 370-381. In: Enghoff et al., Diplopoda - Taxonomic overview. <em>Minelli, A. (ed.) The Myriapoda. Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology.</em> Vol 2, 482 pp, Brill., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004188273_017
page(s): 371; note: lists two valid , monotypic families, Glomeridesmidae and Termitodesmidae [details]
basis of record Cook, O. F.; Collins, G. N. (1895). The Craspedosomatidae of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 9: 1-100. New York, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35260543
page(s): 2 [details]
additional source Wesener, T. (2026). Revision of the Termitodesmidae, an almost forgotten obligate termitophilous millipede family (Diplopoda, Glomeridesmida). <em>Insectes Sociaux.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01073-7
note: Differentiation Glomeridesmidae and Termitodesmidae [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (2003). A bibliographic catalogue of the order Glomeridesmida (Diplopoda). Myriapod Memoranda, 6: 102-109 [details]
status source Pocock, R. I. (1894). Chilopoda, Symphyla and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago. In: Weber, M.: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien, Band 3, 307-404. Leiden, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47774842
page(s): 332 [details]
page(s): 124; note: As family Glomeridesmidae [details]
taxonomy source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 59-60; note: lists Glomeridesmidae as the only valid family containing two monotypic subfamilies: Glomeridesminae (Glomeridesmus) and Termitodesminae (Termitodesmus). Zephroniodesmidae Cook listed as a synonym. [details]
taxonomy source Wesener, T. (2015). Infraclass Pentazonia Brandt, 1833. 370-381. In: Enghoff et al., Diplopoda - Taxonomic overview. <em>Minelli, A. (ed.) The Myriapoda. Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology.</em> Vol 2, 482 pp, Brill., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004188273_017
page(s): 371; note: lists two valid , monotypic families, Glomeridesmidae and Termitodesmidae [details]
basis of record Cook, O. F.; Collins, G. N. (1895). The Craspedosomatidae of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 9: 1-100. New York, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35260543
page(s): 2 [details]
additional source Wesener, T. (2026). Revision of the Termitodesmidae, an almost forgotten obligate termitophilous millipede family (Diplopoda, Glomeridesmida). <em>Insectes Sociaux.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01073-7
note: Differentiation Glomeridesmidae and Termitodesmidae [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (2003). A bibliographic catalogue of the order Glomeridesmida (Diplopoda). Myriapod Memoranda, 6: 102-109 [details]
status source Pocock, R. I. (1894). Chilopoda, Symphyla and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago. In: Weber, M.: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien, Band 3, 307-404. Leiden, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47774842
page(s): 332 [details]
