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Leiodesmus Silvestri, 1897

Leiodesmus major

AphiaID

891896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:891896)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Leiodesmus major Silvestri, 1897 (type by original designation)

Parent

Chelodesminae Cook, 1895

Synonymised names

Catharodesmus Silvestri, 1897 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)

Cyclorhabdoides Schubart, 1943 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

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Species Leiodesmus acutangulus Silvestri, 1898
Species Leiodesmus alegrensis (Silvestri, 1897)
Species Leiodesmus angustatus (Attems, 1898)
Species Leiodesmus carcani Silvestri, 1902
Species Leiodesmus dorbignyi (Brölemann, 1900)
Species Leiodesmus major Silvestri, 1897
Species Leiodesmus orlandi Silvestri, 1902
Species Leiodesmus postillonus (Attems, 1931)
Species Leiodesmus trifidus Silvestri, 1897
Species Leiodesmus validus (Attems, 1898)
Species Leiodesmus yanasarae (Kraus, 1956)
Species Leiodesmus argentinea (Silvestri, 1895) accepted as Platinodesmus argentineus Schubart, 1954
Species Leiodesmus borellii (Silvestri, 1895) accepted as Odontopeltis borellii Silvestri, 1895
Species Leiodesmus bovei (Silvestri, 1895) accepted as Strongylomorpha bovei (Silvestri, 1895)
Species Leiodesmus cameranii (Silvestri, 1895) accepted as Stachyproctus cameranii (Silvestri, 1895)
Species Leiodesmus discrepans (Silvestri, 1895) accepted as Stachyproctus discrepans (Silvestri, 1895)
Species Leiodesmus maior Silvestri, 1897 accepted as Leiodesmus major Silvestri, 1897
Species Leiodesmus proximus (Silvestri, 1895) accepted as Odontopeltis proxima Silvestri, 1895
Species Leiodesmus Salvadorii (Silvestri, 1895) accepted as Sandalodesmus salvadorii (Silvestri, 1895)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Silvestri, F. (1897). Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. IV. Chilopodi e Diplopod. Bollettino del musei di zoologia e di anatomia comparata della Reale Università di Torino, 12(283): 1-11. Torino, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11809935
page(s): 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Leiodesmus Silvestri, 1897. Accessed at: https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891896 on 2026-07-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-12-20 08:40:13Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-09-01 12:54:16Z

changed

Spelda, Jörg

2022-06-15 11:23:54Z

changed

Bouzan, Rodrigo

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original description Silvestri, F. (1897). Viaggio del Dott. Alfredo Borelli nel Chaco boliviano e nella Repubblica Argentina. IV. Chilopodi e Diplopod. Bollettino del musei di zoologia e di anatomia comparata della Reale Università di Torino, 12(283): 1-11. Torino, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11809935
page(s): 5 [details]

original description (of Catharodesmus Silvestri, 1897) Silvestri, F. (1897). Neue Diplopoden. <em>Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königl. Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden.</em> 6(9): 1-23. Dresden.
page(s): 19 [details]

original description (of Cyclorhabdoides Schubart, 1943) Schubart, O. (1943). Espécies novas das famílias Strongylosmidae e Leptodesmidae da ordem Proterospermophora do interior dos estados de Sao Paulo e de Mato-Grosso. Papéis avulsos do Departamento de zoologia, 3(8): 127-164. Sao Paulo, available online at https://doi.org/10.11606/0031-1049.1940.1p127-164
page(s): 136 [details]

additional source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 151 [details]

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Leiodesmus major

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