Aphelidesmus Brölemann, 1898

Bueno-Villegas, Julián, Sierwald, Petra & De Ascenção, Antonio A., 2019, Check list of the Venezuelan millipedes species, Zootaxa 4686 (2), pp. 151-201 : 158-159

Genus Aphelidesmus Brölemann, 1898

Aphelidesmus asper Attems, 1937

Aphelidesmus asper Attems, 1937 . Das Tierreich, 68: 132; ST MALE (NHMW3413).

Aphelidesmus asper — Jeekel 2000 . Myriapod Memoranda, II: 89.

Distribution: Venezuela, without further detail ( Attems 1937).

Aphelidesmus aterrimus ( Attems, 1899)

Euryurus aterrimus Attems, 1899 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 68: 278, plate 7, fig. 162; ST MALE (NHMW).

Aphelidesmus aterrimus — Carl 1914 . Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel, 5: 940 ( Colombia localities).

Aphelidesmus aterrimus — Attems 1914a . Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 80 A(4): 207.

Aphelidesmus aterrimus — Attems 1937 . Das Tierreich, 68: 130, fig. 167.

Aphelidesmus aterrimus — Jeekel 2000 . Myriapod Memoranda, II: 89.

Distribution: Venezuela, without further detail ( Attems 1899; 1937).

Aphelidesmus frangens Chamberlin, 1950

Aphelidesmus frangens Chamberlin, 1950 . Zoologica, New York, 35(2): 141, fig. 15; HT MALE (AMNH); PT FEMALE (USNM).

Aphelidesmus frangens — Jeekel 2000 . Myriapod Memoranda, II: 90.

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

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus Brölemann, 1898

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus Brölemann, 1898b . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 67(3): 323, plate 28, figs. 4–16; ST MALE/FEMALE (MNHN) MY 2267, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2271 [type species of Aphelidesmus ].

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus — Attems 1899 . Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 68: 435.

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus — Verhoeff 1910 . Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35: 733, 735.

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus — Carl 1911 . Compte rendu des séances de la Societé de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle du Genève, 28: 38 ( Colombia localities).

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus — Carl 1914 . Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel, 5: 940 ( Colombia localities).

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus —Attems 1914 . Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 80 A(4): 207.

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus — Attems 1937 . Das Tierreich, 68: 130, fig. 166.

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus — Hoffman 1954 . Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 44(2): 56.

Aphelidesmus hermaphroditus — Jeekel 2000 . Myriapod Memoranda, II: 9, see note below.

Distribution in Venezuela: Sarare River, without further detail ( Brölemann 1898b; Attems 1937), most likely referred to the Sarare river, Apure State.

Note: Brölemann (1900: 122) described the subspecies Aphelidesmus hermaphrodites kervillei from Colombia, which was listed with a full species rank by Jeekel 2000. Myriapod Memoranda, II: 91. Jeekel also lists a citation for ‘ Euryurus hermaphroditus ’ by Brölemann, 1905 in the Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 74 on page 77. The 1905 Brölemann article (Myriapodes de Costa-Rica) includes the pages 337-380. This article does not list Euryurus hermaphrotidus . We are not aware that the name ‘ Euryurus hermaphroditus ’ was used in print.