Nearctodesmidae

Nearctodesmidae
Nearctodesmus salix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Suborder: Polydesmidea
Family: Nearctodesmidae
Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950

Nearctodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida.[1][2][3][4][5] These millipedes are found in northwestern North America.[4] This family includes the species Nearctodesmus salix. The defensive secretion of this millipede consist of hydrogen cyanide, benzaldehyde, 3-methylbutanoic acid, and 2-methylbutanoic. This evidence confirms that cyanogenesis extends to the family Nearctodesmidae.[6]

Taxonomy

Authorities often consider Nearctodesmidae to be a junior synonym of Macrosternodesmidae.[7][8][9] Many of these authorities demote Nearctodesmidae and place the genera previously assigned to that family in a subfamily (Nearctodesminae) in the family Macrosternodesmidae.[7][10][11] Other authorities consider both Nearctodesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae to be junior synonyms of Trichopolydesmidae.[9][12]

Genera

Authorities include at least the following genera in this family:[1][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "ITIS - Report: Nearctodesmidae". itis.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  2. ^ "Nearctodesmidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. ^ a b "Nearctodesmidae - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
  4. ^ a b c Shelley, Rowland M. (2002). "A revised, annotated, family-level classification of the Diplopoda" (PDF). Arthropoda Selecta. 11 (3): 187–207 [193, 200].
  5. ^ Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  6. ^ Wood, William F.; Sorensen, Patrick W. (2005). "The defensive secretion of the millipede, Nearctodesmus salix (Polydesmida: Nearctodesmidae)". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 33: 1077–1079. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2005.02.007.
  7. ^ a b Shear, William A.; Reddell, James M. (2017-01-01). "Cave millipedes of the United States. XIV. Revalidation of the genus Speorthus Chamberlin, 1952 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), with a description of a new species from Texas and remarks on the families Polydesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae in North America". Insecta Mundi. 0529: 1–13 [5].
  8. ^ Shear, W. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844". In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (PDF). Zootaxa. pp. 159–164 [164]. ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7.
  9. ^ a b Golovatch, Sergei (2013-10-04). "A reclassification of the millipede superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea, with descriptions of two new species from the Aegean region (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)". ZooKeys (340): 63–78 [75]. Bibcode:2013ZooK..340...63G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.340.6295. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3800799. PMID 24146592.
  10. ^ "MilliBase - Nearctodesminae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  11. ^ "Nearctodesminae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  12. ^ 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, Brill, pp. 363–453, doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017, ISBN 978-90-04-18827-3, retrieved 2025-03-17

Further reading

  • Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 59. Pensoft.
  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
  • Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
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