Pseudopolydesmus

Pseudopolydesmus
Pseudopolydesmus canadensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Polydesmidae
Genus:	Pseudopolydesmus

Pseudopolydesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Polydesmidae.

Species

Formerly, there were at least 12 described species in the genus Pseudopolydesmus.[1][2][3][4] Presently however, following a review published in 2019 which used scanning electron microscopy and ultraviolet fluorescence to produce detailed images of specimens, only the following eight species are recognised:[5]

• Pseudopolydesmus caddo Chamberlin, 1949
• Pseudopolydesmus canadensis (Newport, 1844)
• Pseudopolydesmus collinus Hoffman, 1974
• Pseudopolydesmus erasus (Loomis, 1943)
• Pseudopolydesmus minor (Bollman, 1888)
• Pseudopolydesmus paludicolus Hoffman, 1950
• Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum (Bollman, 1888)
• Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821)

References

1. "Pseudopolydesmus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
2. "Pseudopolydesmus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
3. "Shelley R.M. The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". The Myriapods, the World's Leggiest Animals. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
4. Hoffman, R.L. (1999). "Checklist of Millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 8
5. Petra Sierwald, FLS; Derek A. Hennen; Xavier J. Zahnle; Stephanie Ware; Paul E. Marek (2019). "Taxonomic synthesis of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), utilizing high-detail ultraviolet fluorescence imaging". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (1): 117–142. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz020.