Genus Detodesmus Cook, 1896

Detodesmus aurantiacus (Peters, 1864)

Oniscodesmus aurantiacus Peters, 1864a . Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1864: 530; ST (ZMHB 245, 233), types not listed by Mortiz &Fischer’s type catalogs [type species of Detodesmus]

Detodesmus aurantiacus —Cook 1896 –97. Brandtia, 5: 28.

[ Oniscodesmus aurantiacus — Brölemann 1898a . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 296, plate 26, figs. 127–141, figures made from specimens from San Esteban, see below, described by Chamberlin as Detodesmus brolemanni [sic].

Detodesmus aurantiacus — Cook 1899 . Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21(1154): 457, plate 30, figs. 1a–1c (figures made from Peters’s type specimen according to Chamberlin 1941b, see below under Detodesmus brolemanni [sic]).

Oniscodesmus aurantiacus — Attems 1899 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 68: 384.

Detodesmus aurantiacus — Attems 1940 . Das Tierreich, 70: 342, figs. 482–483.

Glomerisphaerium aurantiacus — Verhoeff 1941 . Titschack (Ed.), Beiträge zur Fauna Perus, 2: 51.

Detodesmus aurantiacus — Jeekel 1970 . Nomenclator: 327 (by implication; Glomerisphaerium is a junior objective synonym of Detodesmus).

Oniscodesmus aurantiacus villosus Brölemann 1898a . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 297; ST MALE/FEMALE (MNHN).

Distribution in Venezuela: Caracas, Miranda State (Peters 1864); Colonia Tovar, Tovar Municipality, Aragua State (Brölemann 1898a).

Detodesmus broelemanni Chamberlin, 1941

Oniscodesmus aurantiacus [non Peters according to Chamberlin 1941]— Brölemann 1898a: Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 296, plate 26, figs. 127–141; ST MALE/FEMALE (MNHN).

Detodesmus brolemanni [error pro broelemanni] Chamberlin, 1941b. Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Pomona College, 33(1): 58.

Distribution in Venezuela: San Esteban, without exact locality data, but probably refers to San Esteban National Park, Carabobo State (Brölemann 1898a).