Glomeridesmidae

Glomeridesmidae, is a millipede family of the order Glomeridesmida.[1] Adult females in this family have 36 pairs of legs and 21 segments, counting 20 tergites plus the anal shield.[2] Male specimens in this family are rare and known for only a small number of species.[3] Descriptions of mature males in at least three species (Glomeridesmus spelaeus, G. siamensis, and G. marmoreus) report 35 pairs of legs, including a pair of telopods, and 20 segments, one fewer than the 21 segments found in adult females.[3][4][5] The description of an adult male of another species (G. indus), however, reports 37 pairs of legs, including a pair of telopods, and the same 21 segments normally found in adult females. The family includes 27 species belonging to one genus.[2][6]

Glomeridesmidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Glomeridesmida
Family:
Glomeridesmidae

Latzel, 1884
Diversity
1 genus, 27 species

Genus
  • Glomeridesmus

References
  1. Shear, W (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844" (PDF). In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa. Vol. 3148. pp. 159–164. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.32.
  2. Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 9789004188273.
  3. Iniesta, Luiz Felipe Moretti; Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes; Wesener, Thomas (2012-11-15). "The first troglobitic Glomeridesmus from Brazil, and a template for a modern taxonomic description of Glomeridesmida (Diplopoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3550 (1): 26–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3550.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. Wesener, Thomas; Wongthamwanich, Nattarin; Moritz, Leif (2021-03-16). "Description of the first species of Glomeridesmida from Thailand (Diplopoda, Glomeridesmida, Glomeridesmidae)". ZooKeys (1024): 137–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1024.63678. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 7987703. PMID 33786005.
  5. Mauriès, Jean-Paul (1980). "Diplopodes Chilognathes de la Guadeloupe et ses dépendances". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (in French). 4e série 2(A): 1059–1111 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. "MilliBase - Glomeridesmidae Latzel, 1884". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
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