Dysmicodesmus, Mesibov, Robert, 2010

Mesibov, Robert, 2010, Two new millipede genera from northwest Tasmania, Australia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae), Zootaxa 2571, pp. 53-61 : 58

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197398

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6201717

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987BC-FFB8-3B79-24D3-E83AFDC5FCDB

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Plazi

scientific name

Dysmicodesmus
status

gen. nov.

Dysmicodesmus View in CoL , n. gen.

Type species. D. jeekeli , n. sp., here designated.

Diagnosis. Small H+19 dalodesmids (males <10 mm long) with three transverse rows of low tubercles on each metatergite, and with long, straight, basally fused telopodites terminating in a cluster of processes, with the solenomere bearing minute, irregular, lumpy growths adjoining the prostatic groove.

Etymology. Greek dysmikos, 'western', + -desmus, commonly used suffix for genus names in Polydesmida , masculine gender.

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