Genus Lepturodesmus Silvestri, 1898

Lepturodesmus annulus (Brölemann, 1898)

Cyclorhabdus annulus Brölemann, 1898a . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 279, plate 23, figs. 66–71; HT MALE (MNHN) [type species of Cyclorhabdus].

Leptodesmus annulus — Attems 1899 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 68: 427.

Leptodesmus annulus — Attems 1901 . Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 18(2): 88.

Cyclorhabdus decorates annulus — Attems 1938 . Das Tierreich, 69: 172, fig 188, reduced to subspecies.

Leptodesmus annulus — Hoffman 1975b . Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 10(2): 193, synonymized genera Ankylophallus, Caracodesmus, Cyclorhabdus and Liorhabdus under Lepturodesmus .

Distribution in Venezuela: Colonia Tovar, Tovar Municipality, Aragua State.

Lepturodesmus decoratus (Peters, 1864)

Polydesmus (Oxyurus) decoratus Peters, 1864a . Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1864: 533; ST MALE/FEMALE (ZMHB 246, 247, 248).

Leptodesmus decoratus — Attems 1898 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 67: 386, plate 6, fig. 145.

Leptodesmus decoratus — Attems 1901 . Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 18(2): 88.

Caracodesmus decoratus — Verhoeff 1932 . Zoologische Jahrbücher, 62(5/6): 472.

Cyclorhabdus decoratus decoratus — Attems 1938 . Das Tierreich, 69: 172, fig. 187, subspecies delineation.

Lepturodesmus decoratus — Hoffman 1975b . Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 10(2): 193, synonymized genera Ankylophallus, Caracodesmus, Cyclorhabdus and Liorhabdus under Lepturodesmus .

– decorates — Moritz & Fischer 1978a . Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54(1): 115, type specimen catalog, species names listed in alphabetical order.

Distribution in Venezuela: Chacao y Toras, Caracas, Miranda State.

Lepturodesmus meinerti Silvestri, 1898

Lepturodesmus Meinerti Silvestri, 1898 . Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 6 (3): 67; HT MALE (ZMUC) [type species of Lepturodesmus].

Lepturodesmus meinerti — Attems 1899 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 68: 394.

Lepturodesmus meinerti — Attems 1940 . Das Tierreich, 70: 490 (uncertain genus).

Lepturodesmus meinerti — Hoffman 1975b . Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 10(2): 190, figs. 5, 7–8, synonymized genera Ankylophallus, Caracodesmus, Cyclorhabdus and Liorhabdus under Lepturodesmus .

Ankylophallus chacaitus Chamberlin, 1941a . Bulletin of the University of Utah, 31(11): 26, species synonymized with meinerti by Hoffman (1975b: 190); HT MALE (USNM), Caracas, Miranda State .

Ankylophallus chicaitus [sic]— Chamberlin 1941c. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 54: 142.

Liorhabdus beebei Chamberlin, 1950 . Zoologica, New York, 35(2): 142, figs. 18–19; HT MALE (AMNH); species synonymized with meinerti by Hoffman 1975b: 190.

Distribution in Venezuela: Chacaito River, Catuche River, Cahreb River (name of river uncertain), Caracas, Miranda State; Rancho Grande, Aragua State (see Beebe and Crane 1947).

Lepturodesmus vallecolens (Chamberlin, 1941)

Ankylophallus vallecolens Chamberlin, 1941a . Bulletin of the University of Utah, 6(4): 26; HT MALE (USNM).

Ankylophallus vallecolens — Chamberlin 1941c . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 54: 142.

Lepturodesmus vallecolens — Hoffman 1975b . Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 10(2): 192, figs. 1–3, 10–11; synonymized genera Ankylophallus, Caracodesmus, Cyclorhabdus and Liorhabdus under Lepturodesmus .

Ankylophallus encantadus — Chamberlin, 1941a . Bulletin of the University of Utah, 6(4): 27; ST MALE (USNM); synonymized with vallecolens by Hoffman (1975b: 192).

Ankylophallus encantadus — Chamberlin 1941c . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 54: 142.

Distribution in Venezuela: El Encantado; El Valle, near Caracas, Miranda State.