Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920

Mesibov, Robert, 2008, The millipede genera Gephyrodesmus Jeekel, 1983 and Orthorhachis Jeekel, 1985 in southeastern Australia, a new Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 from Victoria, and observations on male leg setae, spinnerets and metatergite sculpture (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae), Zootaxa 1790, pp. 1-52 : 49

Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920

Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920:135 . Attems, 1940:490. Jeekel, 1971:336; 1982:12; 1983:146; 1984:85; 1985:50. Hoffman, 1980:185. Mesibov, 2003:198; 2004c:21; 2006:108.

Australopeltis Johns, 1964:47 (introduced as subgenus of Pseudoprionopeltis Carl, 1902 ). Hoffman, 1980:184 (raised to genus). Jeekel, 1982:12; 1983:150 (synonymised with Lissodesmus ). Shelley et al., 2000:86. Mesibov, 2006 a:108.

Type species: Of Lissodesmus , L. modestus Chamberlin, 1920 by original designation; of Australopeltis , Pseudoprionopeltis martini Carl, 1902 by original designation.

Included species. L. adrianae Jeekel, 1984 , L. alisonae Jeekel, 1984 , L. anas Mesibov, 2006 , L. bashfordi Mesibov, 2006 , L. clivulus Mesibov, 2006 , L. cognatus Mesibov, 2006 , L. cornutus Mesibov, 2006 , L. devexus Mesibov, 2006 , L. hamatus Mesibov, 2006 , L. horridomontis Mesibov, 2006 , L. inopinatus Mesibov, 2006 , L. latus Mesibov, 2006 , L. modestus Chamberlin, 1920 , L. montanus Mesibov, 2006 , L. orarius Mesibov, 2006 , L. peninsulensis Mesibov, 2006 , L. perporosus Jeekel, 1984 and L. plomleyi Mesibov, 2006 , all from Tasmania; and L. blackwoodensis Mesibov, 2006 , L. catrionae Mesibov, 2006 , L. dignomontis Mesibov, 2006 , L. gippslandicus Mesibov, 2006 , L. grampianensis n. sp., L. johnsi Mesibov, 2006 , L. macedonensis Mesibov, 2006 , L. martini (Carl, 1902) , L. milledgei Mesibov, 2006 , L. otwayensis Mesibov, 2006 and L. tarrabulga Mesibov, 2006 , all from Victoria.

Distribution: Nearly ubiquitous in Tasmania (including Flinders Island in Bass Strait, but not recorded from King Island). In Victoria, largely restricted to higher rainfall areas, principally the Great Dividing Range and its westward outliers (including the Grampians), and the Otway and Strzelecki Ranges. See Mesibov (2006 a) for habitat notes on Lissodesmus species.