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Polydesmida
About: Polydesmida is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 547 publications have been published within this topic receiving 3116 citations.
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TL;DR: The chelodesmid genus Atlantodesmus Hoffman, 2000 is revised and considered a senior synonym of Iemanja Hoffman,2000, and the female of Atlantodemus teresa is described for the first time.
Abstract: The chelodesmid genus Atlantodesmus Hoffman, 2000 is revised and considered a senior synonym of Iemanja Hoffman, 2000. Currently the genus contains five species, all of them are herein redescribed: Atlantodesmus eimeri (Attems, 1898), Atlantodesmus itapurensis (Schubart, 1943), Atlantodesmus pickeli (Schubart, 1946), Atlantodesmus pintoi (Schubart, 1946), and the transferred species from Iemanja, Atlantodesmus teresa (Hoffman, 2000), new combination. The female of Atlantodesmus teresa is described for the first time. Examination of the type material of Leptodesmus buecherli Schubart, 1955 revealed that this species is a junior synonym of A. itapurensis. A key to males and a distribution map of all species are included.
126 citations
TL;DR: The chelodesmid genus Rupidesmus Schubart, 1952 is revised and a revised diagnosis for the genus and a distribution map for the two species are provided.
Abstract: The chelodesmid genus Rupidesmus Schubart, 1952 is revised. Currently, the genus contains only Rupidesmus ruber Schubart, 1952, herein redescribed, and the new species Rupidesmus aclys n. sp., added. A revised diagnosis for the genus and a distribution map for the two species are provided.
121 citations
TL;DR: Millipedes consumed considerably more western redcedar than Douglas-fir, Sitka spruce, or western hemlock when only one litter type was provided, and fed at much higher rates than swordfern.
Abstract: Laboratory experiments were conducted with the millipede Harpaphe haydeniana haydeniana Wood (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae) to determine (i) its litter feeding preferences, (ii) rates of leaf litter ...
117 citations
TL;DR: Evidence suggests that the defensive glands of Glomerida arose independently of those of the Helminthomorpha, suggesting that chemical defense has been of significance in helminthomorph millipedes at least since the Lower Carboniferous.
109 citations
TL;DR: A cladistic analysis of the genus Atlantodesmus Hoffman, 2000 shows absence of a ventral projection on the post-gonopodal sternites; presence of folds on the dorsal edge of the prefemoral region of the gonopod; and one homoplastic transformation: presence of a cingulum.
Abstract: A cladistic analysis of the genus Atlantodesmus Hoffman, 2000 is presented. With a total of 11 taxa and 30 morphological characters, and under implied weighting (k = 3), two equally most parsimonious trees (length = 58 steps; total fit = 23.150; CI = 0.64; RI = 0.64) recovered the monophyly of the genus. The resulting synapomorphies are: absence of a ventral projection on the post-gonopodal sternites; presence of folds on the dorsal edge of the prefemoral region of the gonopod; and one homoplastic transformation: presence of a cingulum. In addition, Atlantodesmus sierwaldae sp. nov. is described from the state of Minas Gerais, in the Brazilian Cerrado, and a key to the males of the genus is provided.
108 citations
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| 2021 | 7 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2018 | 24 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2016 | 30 |