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Polydesmus Latreille, 1802

Polydesmus Latreille, 1802; Histoire naturelle ... des crustacés et des insectes, ..., vol. 3: 44, TS: Julus complanatus Linnaeus
Polydesmus ; Attems, 1940, in Das Tierreich, Lief 70 (Polydesmoidea III): 3; [NAML, 67]

About 145 palearctic spp. Intoduced to America [NAML]

Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884

W.Europe, introduced (Louisiana, Mexico City). See [About maps] Polydesmus complanatus angustus Latzel, 1884; Myr. Öst.-Ung. Monarch... vol. 2: 262, 267, TL: Normandie, France
Polydesmus angustus ; [NAML, 68]
Polydesmus verhoeffi var. angustus ; Attems, 1940, in Das Tierreich, Lief 70 (Polydesmoidea III): 12

Polydesmus complanatus (Linnaeus, 1761)

Europe, introduced (E.USA). See [About maps] Julus complanatus Linnaeus, 1761; Fauna svecica, ed. 2: 502, TL: Europe
Polydesmus complanatus ; Latreille, 1802, Histoire naturelle ... des crustacés et des insectes, ..., vol. 3: 44; Attems, 1940, in Das Tierreich, Lief 70 (Polydesmoidea III): 6, f. ; Chamberlin, 1951, Great Basin Nat., 11 (1-2): 27; [NAML, 68]

identification uncertain 980x655 (~94Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

identification uncertain 665x563 (~62Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 15.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

Polydesmus denticulatus Koch, 1847

France - Sweden, Norway, introduced (Newfoundland). See [About maps] Pihalaakatuhatjalkainen
Polydesmus denticulatus+scabratus Koch, 1847; in Herrich-Schäffer, Kritische Revision der Insectenfauna Deutschlands, vol. 3: 135-136
Polydesmus denticulatus ; [NAML, 68]
Polydesmus denticulatus+scabratus ; Latzel, 1884, Myr. Öst.-Ung. Monarch... vol. 2: 141, pl. 5, f. 59-60; Palmén, 1952, Ann. Zool. Soc. 'Vanamo', 15 (1): 14

Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884

Europe, introduced (Newfoundland, New England) - to (Oregon, British Columbina), Ohio, Indiana, Utah, North Dakota. See [About maps] Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884; Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Rouen, ser. 2, Ann. 19 (1883): 269, pl. 1, f. 3, TL: Europe
Polydesmus distractus Latzel, 1888; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse, Proc. Verb.: lxxxv
Polydesmus coriaceus var. borealis Porat, 1889; Ent. Tidskr. 10 : 71
Polydesmus rhehanus Verhoeff, 1891; Berliner Ent. Zeitschr., 36 (heft 1): 121, pl. 5, f. 1
Polydesmus coriaceus Schubart, 1934; in Dahl, Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und ..., Teil 28: 165, f. 264
Polydesmus testi Bollman, 1888; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 10: 617, TL: Indianapolis, Indiana
Polydesmus socarnius Chamberlin, 1910; Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 3 (4): 252, TL: Salt Lake City, Utah
Polydesmus hortus Williams & Hefner, 1928; Bull. Ohio Biol. Surv., No. 18, vol. 4 (3) (Ohio State Univ. Bull., 33 (7)): 113, f. 13d, TL: Athens Co., Ohio
Polydesmus pronomeutes Chamberlin, 1942; Bull. Univ. Utah, biol. ser., 6 (8): 9, f. 29, TL: Fort Collins, Colorado
Polydesmus wheeleri Causey, 1950; Ent. News 61 (7) : 197, f. 6-7, TL: Grand Fork, North Dakota
Polydesmus inconstans ; Palmén, 1952, Ann. Zool. Soc. 'Vanamo', 15 (1): 13
Polydesmus coriaceus ; Chamberlin, 1947, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 99: 22
Polydesmus inconstans ; [NAML, 68]

Polydesmus racovitzi Brölemann, 1910

S.Europe, introduced (Washington). See [About maps] Polydesmus racovitzi Brölemann, 1910; Arch. Zool. Expér. Gén., Paris, ser. 5, vol. 5: 352, f. 27-33, TL: Pyrenees at Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
Polydesmus (Hormobrachium) racovitzai ; Attems, 1940, in Das Tierreich, Lief 70 (Polydesmoidea III): 48, f. 63; Causey, 1954, Ann. Ent. Soc. America, 47: 82; [NAML, 69]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[NAML]

Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958; U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 212; Checklist of the Millipeds of the North America

Some related literature:

Attems, 1940

Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Peridontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae in Das Tierreich, Lief 70 (Polydesmoidea III): 1-577, f. 1-719

Bollman, 1888

Descriptions of fourteen new species of North American myriapods Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 10: 617-627

Brölemann, 1910

Biospeologica. XVII. Symphyles, psélaphognathes, polydesmoides et lysiopétaloides (myriapodes) Arch. Zool. Expér. Gén., Paris, ser. 5, vol. 5: 339-378, pls. 4-7, f. 1-50

Causey, 1950

On four new polydesmoid millipeds Ent. News 61 (7) : 193-198, f. 1-7

Causey, 1954

The millipeds collected in the Pacific Northwest by Dr. M. H. Hatch Ann. Ent. Soc. America, 47: 81-86, f. 1-12

Chamberlin, 1910

Diplopoda from the western states Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 3 (4): 233-262, pls. 30-43

Chamberlin, 1942

New southern millipeds Bull. Univ. Utah, biol. ser., 6 (8): 1-19, pls. 1-4, f. 1-40

Chamberlin, 1947

Some records and descriptions of diplopods ciefly in the collection of the Academy Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 99: 21-58, f. 1-73

Chamberlin, 1951

Records of American millipeds and centipeds collected by Dr. Eldon Beck in 1950 Great Basin Nat., 11 (1-2): 27-35, f. 1-3

Koch, 1847

System der Myriapoden in Herrich-Schäffer, Kritische Revision der Insectenfauna Deutschlands, vol. 3: -

Latzel, 1884

Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. Die Myriopoden der Osterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie ... Myr. Öst.-Ung. Monarch... vol. 2: i-xi, 1-414, pls. 1-16, f. 1-210

Latzel, 1884

Diagnoses d'espèces et de variétés nouvelles Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Rouen, ser. 2, Ann. 19 (1883): 267-272, pl. 1, f. 1-7

Latzel, 1888

Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse, Proc. Verb.: lxxxv-lxxxvi

Linnaeus, 1761

Fauna svecica, sistens animalia sveciae regni ... Fauna svecica, ed. 2: 1-578, pls. 2

Palmén, 1952

Survey of the diplopoda of Newfoundland Ann. Zool. Soc. 'Vanamo', 15 (1): 1-31, f. 1-22

Porat, 1889

Nya bidrag till Skandinaviska halföns myriopodologi Ent. Tidskr. 10 : 65-80

Schubart, 1934

Tausendfüssler oder Myriapoda I: Diplopoda, in Dahl, Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzende Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise in Dahl, Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und ..., Teil 28: i-vii, 1-318, f. 1-480

Verhoeff, 1891

Ein Beitrag zur mitteleuropäischen Diplopoden-Fauna Berliner Ent. Zeitschr., 36 (heft 1): 115-166, pls. 5-8, f. 1-49

Williams & Hefner, 1928

The millipedes and centipedes of Ohio Bull. Ohio Biol. Surv., No. 18, vol. 4 (3) (Ohio State Univ. Bull., 33 (7)): 93-146, f. 1-26

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