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Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896

888770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888770)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Myriapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Diplopoda (Class)
  6. Chilognatha (Subclass)
  7. Helminthomorpha (Infraclass)
  8. Eugnatha (Subterclass)
  9. Merocheta (Superorder)
  10. Polydesmida (Order)
  11. Polydesmidea (Suborder)
  12. Oniscodesmoides (Infraorder)
  13. Pyrgodesmoidea (Superfamily)
  14. Pyrgodesmidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Pyrgodesmoidea Silvestri, 1896
Ceratesmidae Chamberlin, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chatelaineidae Cook, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chytodesmidae Cook, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Decaporodesmidae Kenyon, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eoromidae Loomis, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hercodesmidae Cook, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stiodesmidae Cook, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stylodesmidae Cook, 1895 · unaccepted > unavailable name

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  1. Genus Adenomeropus Hoffman, 1967
  2. Genus Adisiella Golovatch, 2000
  3. Genus Airocaulon Loomis, 1964
  4. Genus Akreiodesmus Attems, 1940
  5. Genus Ampelodesmus Miyosi, 1956
  6. Genus Amynticodesmus Silvestri, 1911
  7. Genus Aporodesminus Silvestri, 1904
  8. Genus Araguayadesmus Schubart, 1947
  9. Genus Arionus Chamberlin, 1923
  10. Genus Asolenitus Schubart, 1954
  11. Genus Asticopyrgodesmus Mesibov, 2012
  12. Genus Attemsocyphus Verhoeff, 1936
  13. Genus Attemsodesmus Lawrence, 1953
  14. Genus Berlesedesmus Loomis, 1975
  15. Genus Botrydesmus Loomis, 1934
  16. Genus Cachania Schubart, 1955
  17. Genus Cachrypterus Attems, 1951
  18. Genus Calymmodesmus Carl, 1914
  19. Genus Calyptodesmus Schubart, 1944
  20. Genus Catapleuradesmus Loomis, 1964
  21. Genus Catapyrgodesmus Silvestri, 1920
  22. Genus Chatelainea Cook, 1911
  23. Genus Chytodesmus Cook, 1896
  24. Genus Coccoelasma Loomis, 1936
  25. Genus Cordylonotum Attems, 1952
  26. Genus Corypherepsis Attems, 1914
  27. Genus Cryphodesmus Silvestri, 1947
  28. Genus Cryptocephalius Verhoeff, 1939
  29. Genus Cryptocephalopus Verhoeff, 1937
  30. Genus Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907
  31. Genus Cryptyma Chamberlin, 1943
  32. Genus Cynedesmus Cook, 1895
  33. Genus Cyphotylus Loomis, 1936
  34. Genus Darlingtoniella Loomis, 1938
  35. Genus Decaporodesmus Kenyon, 1899
  36. Genus Dedalodesmus Silvestri, 1927
  37. Genus Delurodesmus Silvestri, 1947
  38. Genus Dicropus Loomis, 1972
  39. Genus Dilophops Loomis, 1934
  40. Genus Diporodesmus Silvestri, 1918
  41. Genus Districtodesmus Schubart, 1945
  42. Genus Docodesmiella Loomis, 1961
  43. Genus Docodesmus Cook, 1896
  44. Genus Duboscquiellina Brölemann, 1926
  45. Genus Dyskolonius Attems, 1938
  46. Genus Enantigonodesmus Silvestri, 1899
  47. Genus Enantiurodesmus Silvestri, 1899
  48. Genus Eoromus Cook & Loomis, 1936
  49. Genus Eosomus Chamberlin, 1951
  50. Genus Eudiporus Silvestri, 1929
  51. Genus Euporodesmus Chamberlin, 1920
  52. Genus Euschoutedenia Attems, 1953
  53. Genus Eustaledesmus Silvestri, 1920
  54. Genus Evurodesmus Silvestri, 1920
  55. Genus Fennellia Loomis, 1941
  56. Genus Gasatomus Chamberlin, 1923
  57. Genus Gonographis Schubart, 1945
  58. Genus Guianonus Chamberlin, 1923
  59. Genus Hemicryptodesmus Schubart, 1945
  60. Genus Henicomus Loomis, 1941
  61. Genus Heteropente Loomis, 1933
  62. Tribe Idiurodesmini Silvestri, 1924
  63. Genus Idiurodesmus Silvestri, 1924
  64. Genus Iomoides Loomis, 1934
  65. Genus Iomus Cook, 1911
  66. Genus Isotropidesmus Silvestri, 1901
  67. Genus Jeekelia Loomis, 1950
  68. Genus Kapyrodesmus Attems, 1940
  69. Genus Karukeromus Mauriès, 1980
  70. Subfamily Klimakodesminae Verhoeff, 1939
  71. Genus Klimakodesmus Carl, 1932
  72. Genus Krotonotum Attems, 1953
  73. Genus Lemuriocryptus Verhoeff, 1939
  74. Genus Leuritus Chamberlin, 1923
  75. Genus Lifoudesmus Brölemann, 1931
  76. Genus Liomus Chamberlin, 1950
  77. Genus Lobiferodesmus Silvestri, 1920
  78. Genus Lobodesmus Loomis, 1936
  79. Genus Lobopyge Attems, 1951
  80. Genus Lophodesmus Pocock, 1894
  81. Genus Lophoporus Attems, 1930
  82. Subfamily Lophoscytinae Verhoeff, 1939
  83. Genus Lophoscytus Attems, 1914
  84. Genus Loretosia Kraus, 1960
  85. Genus Meiodesmus Silvestri, 1947
  86. Genus Mesocryptodesmus Schubart, 1945
  87. Genus Mesotropidesmus Silvestri, 1901
  88. Genus Monachodesmus Silvestri, 1927
  89. Genus Muyudesmus Kraus, 1960
  90. Genus Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910
  91. Genus Myxodesmus Cook, 1896
  92. Genus Nabotomus Chamberlin, 1940
  93. Genus Napodesmus Cook, 1896
  94. Genus Nephopyrgodesmus Mesibov, 2012
  95. Genus Nesodesmus Chamberlin, 1914
  96. Genus Nonnodesmus Attems, 1953
  97. Genus Notopyrgodesmus Mesibov, 2012
  98. Genus Octochaunus Attems, 1937
  99. Genus Pagodesmus Carl, 1932
  100. Genus Pastazidia Kraus, 1960
  101. Genus Peckfiskia Loomis, 1969
  102. Genus Pelodesmus Cook, 1896
  103. Genus Penteporella Schubart, 1945
  104. Genus Penteporus Loomis, 1936
  105. Genus Periechodesmus Silvestri, 1947
  106. Genus Perucryptus Verhoeff, 1941
  107. Genus Pixodesmus Carl, 1926
  108. Genus Plagiotropidesmus Silvestri, 1901
  109. Genus Plethodesmus Carl, 1926
  110. Genus Poratia Cook & Cook, 1895
  111. Genus Poratioides Loomis, 1970
  112. Genus Probolocryptus Hoffman, 1963
  113. Genus Pronodesmus Cook, 1896
  114. Genus Propyrgodesmus Silvestri, 1920
  115. Genus Prosthenurodesmus Silvestri, 1927
  116. Genus Pseudocatapyrgodesmus Miyosi, 1957
  117. Genus Pseudoporatia Golovatch, 2000
  118. Genus Psochodesmus Cook, 1896
  119. Genus Ptyxodesmus Loomis, 1964
  120. Genus Pyrgodesmus Pocock, 1892
  121. Genus Quasidesmus Golovatch, 1991
  122. Genus Rettenmeyeria Loomis, 1959
  123. Genus Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960
  124. Genus Sarolepis Loomis, 1964
  125. Genus Schedypodesmus Silvestri, 1899
  126. Genus Skotodesmus Carl, 1932
  127. Genus Steganostigmus Carl, 1932
  128. Genus Stegodesmus Cook, 1896
  129. Genus Stenitus Chamberlin, 1923
  130. Genus Stictodesmus Cook, 1896
  131. Genus Stiodesmus Cook, 1896
  132. Genus Styloceylonius Verhoeff, 1936
  133. Genus Stylodesmus Cook, 1896
  134. Genus Stylopaulicea Schubart, 1944
  135. Genus Styraxodesmus Chamberlin, 1918
  136. Genus Synoptura Attems, 1914
  137. Genus Tarmadesmus Kraus, 1959
  138. Genus Taulidesmella Kraus, 1959
  139. Genus Taulidesmus Kraus, 1954
  140. Genus Tauricollarium Golovatch, 1999
  141. Subfamily Termitopteryginae Verhoeff, 1941
  142. Genus Termitopteryx Verhoeff, 1941
  143. Genus Thelodesmus Miyosi, 1951
  144. Genus Tidopterus Chamberlin, 1923
  145. Genus Tijucadesmus Schubart, 1945
  146. Genus Tonodesmus Silvestri, 1925
  147. Genus Tracheloaspis Loomis, 1961
  148. Genus Treseolobus Attems, 1907
  149. Genus Trichodesmiella Loomis, 1964
  150. Genus Tridesmus Cook, 1896
  151. Genus Udodesmus Cook, 1896
  152. Genus Urodesmus Porat, 1894
  153. Genus Vassununga Schubart, 1943
  154. Genus Xenodesmus Silvestri, 1947
  155. Genus Xenoporus Loomis, 1961
  156. Genus Yporangiella Schubart, 1946
  157. Genus Afrocorypha Loksa, 1967 accepted as Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  158. Genus Akreiodesmus Carl, 1932 accepted as Akreiodesmus Attems, 1940 (unavailable: invalidly proposed without a type species)
  159. Genus Anartiodesmus Silvestri, 1947 accepted as Calyptodesmus Schubart, 1944 (junior subjective synonym)
  160. Genus Aporodesmus Pocock, 1895 accepted as Docodesmus Cook, 1896 (unaccepted > junior homonym, preoccupied by Aporodesmus Porat, 1894)
  161. Genus Apsyma Chamberlin, 1943 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  162. Genus Archandrodesmus Carl, 1932 accepted as Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 (junior subjective synonym)
  163. Genus Augesmus Chamberlin, 1951 accepted as Cynedesmus Cook, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  164. Genus Bolivaresmus Chamberlin, 1942 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  165. Genus Carlodesmus Verhoeff, 1939 accepted as Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  166. Genus Ceratesmus Chamberlin, 1942 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  167. Genus Ceyloncarlia Verhoeff, 1939 accepted as Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 (junior subjective synonym)
  168. Genus Cliodesmus Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Agnurodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (junior subjective synonym (uncertain))
  169. Genus Cryptomauritius Verhoeff, 1939 accepted as Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  170. Genus Diceratodesmus Schubart, 1954 accepted as Stylodesmus Cook, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
  171. Genus Dominicodesmus Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Poratia Cook & Cook, 1895 (junior subjective synonym)
  172. Genus Eirenyma Chamberlin, 1943 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  173. Genus Euhercodesmus Schubart, 1955 accepted as Udodesmus Cook, 1896 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  174. Genus Gibberdesmus Causey, 1971 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  175. Genus Hercodesmus Cook, 1896 accepted as Udodesmus Cook, 1896 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  176. Genus Ilyma Chamberlin, 1941 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (junior subjective synonym)
  177. Genus Melanodesmus Loomis, 1941 accepted as Jeekelia Loomis, 1950 (preoccupied by Melanodesmus Carl, 1914, Diplopoda)
  178. Genus Melastolus Loomis, 1966 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  179. Genus Oligodesmus Gill, 1899 accepted as Decaporodesmus Kenyon, 1899 (junior objective synonym and preoccupied by Oligodesmus Attems, 1898, Diplopoda)
  180. Genus Orthyma Chamberlin, 1943 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  181. Genus Platykapelus Attems, 1938 accepted as Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 (junior subjective synonym)
  182. Genus Poratia Verhoeff, 1895 accepted as Mastigonodesmus Silvestri, 1898 (preoccupied by Poratia Cook&Cook, 1894, Diplopoda)
  183. Genus Prionodesmus Loomis, 1959 accepted as Botrydesmus Loomis, 1934 (junior subjective synonym)
  184. Genus Procoptodesmus Brölemann, 1920 accepted as Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  185. Genus Schizodira Loomis, 1941 accepted as Docodesmus Cook, 1896 (junior subjective synonym)
  186. Genus Sisyrodesmus Attems, 1912 accepted as Cryptocorypha Attems, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  187. Genus Stenotodesmus Causey, 1971 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  188. Genus Stilodesmus accepted as Stylodesmus Cook, 1896 (only in Silvestri, 1927 for S. camerunensis)
  189. Genus Telauxus Chamberlin, 1943 accepted as Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  190. Genus Xerodesmus Chamberlin, 1923 accepted as Kapyrodesmus Attems, 1940 (preoccupied by Xerodesmus Cook, 1896, Diplopoda)
  191. Genus Yucodesmus Chamberlin, 1938 accepted as Calymmodesmus Carl, 1914 (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Silvestri, F. (1896). I Diplopodi. Parte I. - Sistematica. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 16: 121-254, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7697911
page(s): 192 [details] 
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888770 on 2026-06-26
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original description Silvestri, F. (1896). I Diplopodi. Parte I. - Sistematica. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova, serie 2, 16: 121-254, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7697911
page(s): 192 [details] 

original description (of Stylodesmidae Cook, 1895) Cook, O. F. (1896). East African Diplopoda of the suborder Polydesmoidea, collected by Mr. William Astor Chanler. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 18: 81-111. Washington, DC., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733071
page(s): 82; note: family-group name was used in Cook&Collins,1895 (Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci, 9: 5, as nominum nudum [details] 

original description (of Hercodesmidae Cook, 1896) Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870
page(s): 20 [details] 

original description (of Chytodesmidae Cook, 1896) Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870
page(s): 20 [details] 

original description (of Stiodesmidae Cook, 1896) Cook, O. F. (1896). Cryptodesmus and its allies. Brandtia (A series of occasional papers an Diplopoda and other Arthropoda), 5: 19-28, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52583870
page(s): 25 [details] 

original description (of Ceratesmidae Chamberlin, 1942) Chamberlin, R. V. (1942). On Centipedes and Millipedes from Mexican Caves. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 7(2): 3-19
page(s): 10; note: cited as Bull. Univ. Utah 33(4) in Jeekel, 1971 [details] 

original description (of Chatelaineidae Cook, 1911) Cook, O. F. (1911). New tropical millipeds of the order Merocheta, with an example of kinetic evolution. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 40(1831): 451-473. Washington D.C., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.40-1831.451
page(s): 472 [details] 

original description (of Decaporodesmidae Kenyon, 1899) Kenyon, F. C. (1899). A new Mexican Diplopod, Decaporodesmus motzoranginis, type of a new Family, Decaporodesmidae. <em>Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington.</em> 4: 299-300., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2299744
page(s): 299 [details] 

original description (of Eoromidae Loomis, 1936) Loomis, H. F. (1936). The millipeds of Hispaniola, with descriptions of a new family, new genera, and new species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 80(1): 1-191. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2800905
page(s): 175 [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] 

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): 350 [details] 

additional source Golovatch, S. I.; Nzoko Fiemapong, A. R.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2015). Notes on Afrotropical Pyrgodesmidae, 2 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 24(4): 387–400., available online at https://www.kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/24/24_4_387_400_Golovatch_et_al_for_Inet.pdf [details] 

additional source Golovatch, Sergei Ilyich; Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard; VandenSpiegel, Didier. (2017). Notes on Afrotropical Pyrgodesmidae, 3 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Arthropoda Selecta, 26 (3): 175-215, available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.26.3.01 [details] 

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 [details] 

additional source Shelley, R. M. (2004). The milliped family Pyrgodesmidae in the continental USA, with the first record of Poratia digitata (Porat) from the Bahamas (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Journal of Natural History, 38(9): 1159-1181 [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): 71 [details] 
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