Inodesmus

{{Short description|Genus of millipedes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Agathodesmus steeli.JPG

| image_caption = Inodesmus steeli

| taxon = Inodesmus

| authority = Cook, 1896

| synonyms =

• Agathodesmus {{small|Silvestri, 1910}}
• Atapogonus {{small|Carl, 1926}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{center|See text}}

}}

Inodesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Haplodesmidae, first described by Orator F. Cook in 1896. The type species is I. jamaicensis. This genus exhibits a disjunct distribution, with species found in Colombia, Jamaica, New Caledonia, and the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.{{Cite journal |last=Romero-Rincon |first=Juan |last2=Alvear |first2=Santiago |date=2024-04-15 |title=On the identity of the enigmatic millipede genus Inodesmus Cook, 1896 (Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae) |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5437.3.8 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5437 |issue=3 |pages=433–440 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.8 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Romero-Rincon |first=Juan |last2=Alvear |first2=Santiago |last3=Martínez-Torres |first3=Daniela |last4=Robles-Piñeros |first4=Jairo |date=2025-01-06 |title=First record of the millipede family Haplodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from Colombia: two new species of Inodesmus Cook, 1896 from the Northern Andes |url=https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2773 |journal=European Journal of Taxonomy |language=en |volume=976 |pages=33–46 [33–34] |doi=10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2773 |issn=2118-9773|doi-access=free }}