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Polydesmidae Leach, 1815
Scytonotidae Cook & Loomis, 1924 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Absurdodesmus Mršić, 1988
- Genus Acanthotarsius Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Antrochodus Verhoeff, 1941
- Genus Archipolydesmus Attems, 1898
- Genus Basicentrus Attems, 1940
- Genus Benedictesmus Shear & Marek, 2021
- Genus Bhutanodesmus Golovatch, 1988
- Genus Bidentogon Buckett & Gardner, 1968
- Genus Bosniodesmus Verhoeff, 1929
- Genus Bosporodesmus Verhoeff, 1940
- Genus Brachydesmus Heller, 1858
- Genus Brembosoma Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Calianotus Shelley, 1997
- Genus Chromobrachydesmus Attems, 1912
- Subfamily Cottodesminae Verhoeff, 1936
- Genus Cretodesmus Strasser, 1974
- Subfamily Eneilisominae Verhoeff, 1939
- Genus Epanerchodus Attems, 1901
- Genus Eubrachydesmus Attems, 1912
- Genus Eumastigonodesmus Brölemann, 1915
- Genus Glenniea Turk, 1945
- Genus Goniodesmus Cook, 1895
- Genus Haplobrachidesmus Lohmander, 1928
- Genus Haploerchodus Verhoeff, 1940
- Genus Heterocookia Silvestri, 1898
- Genus Himalodesmus Golovatch, 1986
- Genus Hormobrachium Attems, 1940
- Genus Huzichodus Verhoeff, 1941
- Genus Jaxartes Verhoeff, 1930
- Genus Kerkosoma Verhoeff, 1929
- Genus Krenoerchodus Verhoeff, 1940
- Genus Lophobrachydesmus Attems, 1912
- Genus Mastuchus Attems, 1940
- Genus Merioceratium Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Niponchodus Verhoeff, 1942
- Genus Nipponesmus Chamberlin & Wang, 1953
- Genus Nomarchus Attems, 1940
- Genus Pacidesmus Golovatch, 1991
- Genus Peltogonopus Hoffman & Lohmander, 1968
- Genus Polydesmus Latreille, 1802
- Genus Propolydesmus Verhoeff, 1895
- Genus Pseudomastuchus Ceuca, 1966
- Genus Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1898
- Genus Retrorsia Shelley, 2003
- Genus Retrorsioides Shear & Marek, 2021
- Genus Riuerchodus Verhoeff, 1938
- Genus Rowlandesmus Shear & Marek, 2021
- Genus Sardodesmus Strasser, 1980
- Genus Schedoleiodesmus Silvestri, 1898
- Genus Schizobrachydesmus Verhoeff, 1926
- Genus Schizomeritius Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Schizoturanius Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847
- Genus Snoqualmia Shear, 2012
- Genus Soleureus Manfredi, 1957
- Genus Soleurus Manfredi, 1957
- Genus Spanobrachium Attems, 1940
- Genus Stygoerchodus Verhoeff, 1940
- Genus Tolosanius Attems, 1952
- Genus Troglobrachydesmus Attems, 1951
- Genus Uniramidesmus Golovatch & Mikhaljova, 1979
- Genus Utadesmus Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950
- Genus Alpertia Loomis, 1972 accepted as Polydesmus Latreille, 1802 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Aneumeritius Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Polydesmus (Acanthotarsius) Attems, 1940 accepted as Acanthotarsius Verhoeff, 1931 (unavailable: invalidly proposed without a type species)
- Genus Apomeritius Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Polydesmus (Acanthotarsius) Attems, 1940 accepted as Acanthotarsius Verhoeff, 1931 (unavailable: invalidly proposed without a type species)
- Genus Cookia Silvestri, 1896 accepted as Heterocookia Silvestri, 1898 (preoccupied by Cookia Lesson, 1832, Molluska)
- Genus Dixidesmus Chamberlin, 1943 accepted as Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1898 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Haplobrachydesmus Attems, 1940 accepted as Haplobrachidesmus Lohmander, 1928 (junior objective synonym)
- Genus Hispaniodesmus Verhoeff, 1910 accepted as Archipolydesmus Attems, 1898 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Hydromeritius Verhoeff, 1934 accepted as Hormobrachium Attems, 1940 (unavailable: invalidly proposed without a type species)
- Genus Kerkodesmus Lang, 1935 accepted as Polydesmus Latreille, 1802
- Genus Kirgisdesmus Lohmander, 1933 accepted as Turanodesmus Lohmander, 1932 accepted as Jaxartes Verhoeff, 1930
- Genus Lasiolathus Loomis, 1943 accepted as Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Leptobrachydesmus Verhoeff, 1929 accepted as Lophobrachydesmus Attems, 1912 (junior objective synonym)
- Genus Miradoria Attems, 1952 accepted as Archipolydesmus Attems, 1898 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Nothybus Attems, 1940 accepted as Nomarchus Attems, 1940 (unavailable: lapsus for Nomarchus)
- Genus Peltogonopus Verhoeff, 1943 accepted as Peltogonopus Hoffman & Lohmander, 1968 (unavailable: invalidly proposed without a type species)
- Genus Perapolydesmus Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Polydesmus Latreille, 1802
- Genus Prionomatis Miyosi, 1956 accepted as Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Serradium Verhoeff, 1941 accepted as Acanthotarsius Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Telopoditius Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Schizoturanius Verhoeff, 1931 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Trachynotus Timotheew, 1897 accepted as Schizoturanius Verhoeff, 1931 (preoccupied)
- Genus Turanodesmus Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Turanodesmus Lohmander, 1932 accepted as Jaxartes Verhoeff, 1930 (unavailable: invalidly proposed without a type speces)
- Genus Turanodesmus Lohmander, 1932 accepted as Jaxartes Verhoeff, 1930 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Usbekodesmus Lohmander, 1933 accepted as Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Eoniscus Arcangeli, 1935 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873
page(s): 381; note: as Polydesmides [details]
page(s): 381; note: as Polydesmides [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Polydesmidae Leach, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjmv%27%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjmv;9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888764 on 2025-11-09
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Leach, W.E. (1816 [1815]). A tabular View of the external Characters of Four Classes of Animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta, with the Distribution of the Genera comprising Three of these Classes into Orders &c. and Descriptions of several New Genera and Species. <em>The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 11(2): 306-400., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/756873
page(s): 381; note: as Polydesmides [details]
original description (of Scytonotidae Cook & Loomis, 1924) Cook, O. F.; Loomis, H. F. (1924). A new family of spined millipeds from Central China. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 14(5): 103-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/50532
page(s): 105 [details]
taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 449; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]
additional source Nguyen, Anh Duc. (2009). A new species of the family Polydesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from Vietnam. <em>International Journal of Myriapodology.</em> 2 (1): 63-68. Leiden., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/187525409X462421 [details]
additional source Shear, W. A.; Marek, P. E. (2021). Three new genera and eighteen new species of miniature polydesmid millipedes from the northwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4975(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4975.1.3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Nguyen, A. D.; Vu, T. T. T.; Eguchi, K. (2024). The millipede family Polydesmidae Leach, 1816 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Vietnam, with a description of a new cavernicolous species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1190: 259-280., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=114958 [details] Available for editors
additional source Antić, D. Ž.; Golovatch, S. I.; Spelda, J. (2019). Identity of the millipede genus Jaxartes Verhoeff, 1930 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), with descriptions of two new species from Central Asia. <em>Arthropoda Selecta. Русский артроподологический журнал.</em> 28(4), 479-489., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/upload/pdf/arthropodaselecta/28/28_4_479_489_antic_et_al_for_inet.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 347; note: corrected family-group name to Polydesmidae [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M. (2003). A new polydesmid milliped genus and two new species from Oregon and Washington, U. S. A., with a review of Bidentogon Buckett and Gardner, 1968, and a summary of the family in Western North America (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 296: 1-12. [details] Available for editors
additional source Golovatch, S. I.; Liu, W.; Li, Y.; Geoffroy, J.-J. (2012). One new and two little-known species of the millipede family Polydesmidae from southern China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 21 (2): 131-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/ARTHSEL.21.2.02 [details]
page(s): 381; note: as Polydesmides [details]
original description (of Scytonotidae Cook & Loomis, 1924) Cook, O. F.; Loomis, H. F. (1924). A new family of spined millipeds from Central China. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 14(5): 103-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/50532
page(s): 105 [details]
taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 449; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]
additional source Nguyen, Anh Duc. (2009). A new species of the family Polydesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from Vietnam. <em>International Journal of Myriapodology.</em> 2 (1): 63-68. Leiden., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/187525409X462421 [details]
additional source Shear, W. A.; Marek, P. E. (2021). Three new genera and eighteen new species of miniature polydesmid millipedes from the northwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4975(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4975.1.3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Nguyen, A. D.; Vu, T. T. T.; Eguchi, K. (2024). The millipede family Polydesmidae Leach, 1816 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from Vietnam, with a description of a new cavernicolous species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1190: 259-280., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=114958 [details] Available for editors
additional source Antić, D. Ž.; Golovatch, S. I.; Spelda, J. (2019). Identity of the millipede genus Jaxartes Verhoeff, 1930 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), with descriptions of two new species from Central Asia. <em>Arthropoda Selecta. Русский артроподологический журнал.</em> 28(4), 479-489., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/upload/pdf/arthropodaselecta/28/28_4_479_489_antic_et_al_for_inet.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 347; note: corrected family-group name to Polydesmidae [details]
additional source Shelley, R. M. (2003). A new polydesmid milliped genus and two new species from Oregon and Washington, U. S. A., with a review of Bidentogon Buckett and Gardner, 1968, and a summary of the family in Western North America (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 296: 1-12. [details] Available for editors
additional source Golovatch, S. I.; Liu, W.; Li, Y.; Geoffroy, J.-J. (2012). One new and two little-known species of the millipede family Polydesmidae from southern China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 21 (2): 131-136., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/ARTHSEL.21.2.02 [details]
