Pandirodesmus disparipes Silvestri 1932

Shelley, Rowland M. & Smith, Jamie M., 2015, The enigmatic milliped genus Pandirodesmus Silvestri 1932 and description of a new species from Tobago represented by males (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Chelodesmidae: Chelodesminae: Pandirodesmini), Insecta Mundi 2015 (444), pp. 1-15 : 4

Pandirodesmus disparipes Silvestri 1932

Pandirodesmus disparipes Silvestri 1932: 11 , fig. 1–5. Attems 1940: 484, fig. 682–683. Jeekel 1963 (list): 5. Adis and Golovatch 2000 (text): 97–105, fig. 1–18. Golovatch and Kime 2009 (text), fig. 3.

Type specimen. Juvenile F paratype ( AMNH) collected by H. Lang on an unknown date prior to 1932 at Kamakusa, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Reg., Guyana. The adult F holotype, supposedly also at the AMNH, is lost. Thorough searches through their typical and non-typical holdings by RMS and entomology staff did not reveal it. Additionally, Dr. Maria Tavano checked the diplopod holdings at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria,” Genoa, Italy, which now houses Silvestri’s collection, and they too do not have this specimen.

Diagnosis. Metatergal spines digitiform to spiniform. Ambulatory postfemora subequal in length to prefemora, moderately swollen and appearing as normal podomere; apical tarsal setae distally curved. Gonopodal characters unknown.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in west-central Guyana but may inhabit eastern Venezuela. Sampling is needed in these countries and poorly- and uninvestigated Suriname and French Guiana to recover males of P. disparipes and other leptodesmideans.