Macrosternodesmidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polydesmida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Myriapoda Classis: Diplopoda Subclassis: Chilognatha Infraclassis: Helminthomorpha Superordo: Merocheta Ordo: Polydesmida

Familia: Macrosternodesmidae
Genera: Antriadesmus – Caucasodesmus – Chaetaspis – Coloradesmus – Macrosternodesmus – Nevadesmus – Ophiodesmus – Packardesmus – Pratherodesmus – Scytalosoma – Sequoiadesmus – Tidesmus – Titanosoma – Verhoeffodesmus

Name

Macrosternodesmidae Brölemann, 1916

References

• Shear, W.A.; Shelley, R.M. 2007: The milliped genus Tidesmus Chamberlin, 1943 (Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa, 1656: 51–68. Abstract & excerpt PDF
• Shear, W.A.; Shelley, R.M. 2008: Cave millipeds of the United States. VI. Sequoiadesmus krejcae, n. gen., n. sp., from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California, USA (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidea, Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa, 1693: 41–48. Abstract & excerpt PDF
• Shear, W.A. & Shelley, R.M. 2019. Solved after 140 years: the identity of the millipede Polydesmus cavicola Packard, 1877, and proposal of Packardesmus n. gen. (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa 4559(2): 384–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.11 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. & Steinmann, D.B. 2019. Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15–32. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A.; Taylor, S.J.; Wynne, J.J.; Krejca, J.K. 2009: Cave millipeds of the United States. VIII. New genera and species of polydesmidan millipeds from caves in the southwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa, 2151: 47–65. Abstract & excerpt PDF