Genus Glomeridesmus Gervais, 1844

Glomeridesmus obvius Chamberlin, 1950

Glomeridesmus obvius Chamberlin, 1950 . Zoologica, New York, 35(2): 136; HT (AMNH).

Glomeridesmus obvius — Jeekel 2003 . Myriapod Memoranda, VI: 105.

Distribution in Venezuela: Rancho Grande, Aragua State (Chamberlin 1950; see Beebe & Crane 1947).

Glomeridesmus porcellus Gervais et Goudot, 1844

Glomeridesmus porcellus Gervais et Goudot, 1844 . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 2: 27–29; HT gender unknown, (possibly MNHN 2992) [type species of Glomeridesmus].

Glomeridesmus porcellus —Gervais 1844 . Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 2: 62, plate 5, figs. 4–6.

Glomeridesmus porcellus— Gervais 1847. In Walckenaer (Ed.), Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Aptéres, 4: 87, plate 44, figs. 6–6b.

Glomeridesmus porcellus — Brölemann 1898a . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 257, plate 20, figs. 11–19 (MALE specimen).

Glomeridesmus porcellus — Hennings 1906 . Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 80: 582, plate 31, fig. 2.

Glomeridesmus porcellus — Carl 1914 . Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel, 5: 966.

Glomeridesmus porcellus — Chamberlin 1923 . Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 113: 3.

Glomeridesmus porcellus — Attems 1926 . In Kükenthal und Krumbach (Eds.), Handbuch der Zoologie, 4: 115, figs. 115, 117.

Glomeridesmus porcellus — Carl 1942 . Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 49: 139, figs. 1–7, 14–16, 19.

Glomeridesmus porcellus — Jeekel 2003 . Myriapod Memoranda, VI: 106.

Distribution in Venezuela: Colonia Tovar, Tovar Municipality, Aragua State (Brölemann 1898a); also reported from Colombia.

Glomeridesmus virescens Silvestri, 1898

Glomeridesmus virescens Silvestri, 1898 . Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 6: 55; HT (ZMUC). Glomeridesmus virescens — Jeekel 2003 . Myriapod Memoranda, VI: 106.

Distribution in Venezuela: La Moka, near Caracas according to Silvestri (1898; 1903), Miranda State.

Specimens of the order Glomeridesmida reported in collections: FMNH (catalog #594, 13076, 56296, 56297, 103666, 103078, all from Aragua State).