Pandirodesmus

Pandirodesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Chelodesmidae, occurring in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.[1][2][3] They are characterized by a lightly sclerotized, smooth, greyish-white exoskeleton and alternating long and short legs, exposed parts usually covered with densely cemented, but loosely attached sand grains imparting a dark beige to black coloration and concealing setae.

Pandirodesmus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Chelodesmidae
Genus: Pandirodesmus
Silvestri, 1932
Species
  • Pandirodesmus disparipes Silvestri, 1932
  • Pandirodesmus jaggernauthi Van den Spiegel, Golovatch & Rutherford, 2022
  • Pandirodesmus rutherfordi Shelley & Smith, 2015

References
  1. Silvestri, F (1932). "A new and extraordinary genus of the Diplopod family, Polydesmidae from British Guiana". American Museum Novitates (564): 1-12.
  2. Shelley, Rowland M.; Smith, Jamie M. (2015). "The enigmatic milliped genus Pandirodesmus Silvestri 1932 and description of a new species from Tobago represented by males (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Chelodesmidae: Chelodesminae: Pandirodesmini)". Insecta Mundi. 0444: 1-15.
  3. Vandenspiegel, Didier; Golovatch, Sergei I.; Rutherford, Mike G. (1 March 2022). "The millipede genus Pandirodesmus Silvestri, 1932 in Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, with the description of P. jaggernauthi sp. nov. from Trinidad (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae, Pandirodesmini)". Zootaxa. 5104 (4): 567–576. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.6. PMID 35391019. S2CID 247176492.


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