Rhysodesmus

{{Short description|Genus of millipedes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Rhysodesmus dasypus, de Castelnau myriapodes.jpg

| image_caption = Rhysodesmus dasypus

| taxon = Rhysodesmus

| authority = Cook, 1895

| diversity_link = List of Rhysodesmus species

| diversity = at least 100 species

}}

Rhysodesmus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are at least 90 described species in Rhysodesmus., ranging from El Salvador to the Southern United States.{{Cite book

| last1 = Hoffman | first1 = Richard L.

| date = 1999

| title = Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America

| publisher = Virginia Museum of Natural History

| isbn = 9781884549120

}}

Species

These 92 species belong to the genus Rhysodesmus:

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Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

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{{Cite web| title=Rhysodesmus Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=569359

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| accessdate=2018-05-04

}}

{{Cite web| title=Browse Rhysodesmus

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/099f34e985e61fe2ac12708c8253c420

| website=Catalogue of Life

| accessdate=2018-05-04

}}

{{Cite web| title=Rhysodesmus

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1019545

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=2018-05-04

}}

{{Cite web| title=Rhysodesmus Genus Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/93807

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2018-05-04

}}

{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2018-05-04

| last1 = Shelley | first1 = R.M.

| title = The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals

| url = https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Nadiplochilo/Nadiplochilo.aspx

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| title = Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America

| date = 1999

| last1 = Hoffman | first1 = Richard L.

| series = Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications| volume = 8

| isbn = 9781884549120

}}

  • {{Cite journal

| title = Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review

| date = 2009

| last1 = Golovatch | first1 = Sergei I.

| last2 = Kime | first2 = R. Desmond

| journal = Soil Organisms

| volume = 81| pages = 565–597

| url = http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/soilorganisms/volume_81_3/24_golovatch.pdf

}}

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