A world catalog of the millipede family Chelodesmidae Cook in Cook & Collins, 1895 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

  • Rodrigo S. Bouzan Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, 05503-090, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-7031
  • Jackson C. Means Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Av., Martinsville, Virginia 24112, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-0696
  • Luiz F.M. Iniesta Laboratório de Estudos em Diplopoda, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Prof. Moraes Rego Ave., 50760-420, Recife, PE, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0529-4162
  • Kaloyan Ivanov Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Av., Martinsville, Virginia 24112, USA
  • Liberty Hightower Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Av., Martinsville, Virginia 24112, USA
  • João P.P. Pena-Barbosa Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, 05503-090, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Antonio D. Brescovit Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, 05503-090, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1511-5324
  • Julián Bueno-Villegas Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Laboratorio de Sistemática Animal, Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0477-8373
  • Carolina Rojas-Buffet Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Petra Sierwald Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-1298
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1046.3229
Keywords: biodiversity, distribution, inventory, Myriapoda, taxonomy

Abstract

We present a world catalog of the family Chelodesmidae Cook in Cook & Collins, 1895 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), compiling all currently valid genera and species (up to the end of 2024), along with their synonymies, original descriptions, and relevant taxonomic literature. The catalog reflects the current classification of the family into subfamilies and, where available, tribes. For each taxon, we provide a chronological list of bibliographic citations, as well as type locality information when known. The work also summarizes historical patterns of taxonomic activity, highlighting the main contributors and publication venues. In addition, we present distribution maps showing the geographic occurrence of the family by country and for each tribe. This catalog offers a comprehensive and updated foundation for future research on the systematics and biogeography of Chelodesmidae.

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Hoffman R.L. 1978. Chelodesmid studies. XI. A new genus and species from Venezuela, referable to the new tribe Chondrodesmini. Revue suisse de Zoologie 85 (3): 543–551. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.82244

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Hoffman R.L. 1982b. Chelodesmid studies. XVIII. A synopsis of the genus Sandalodesmus Silvestri, 1902, and proposal of the new tribe Sandalodesmini (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Spixiana 5 (3): 247–259. Available from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28194567 [accessed 18 Jan. 2024].

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Hoffman R.L. 1986b. Cornalatus Attems, 1931 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida): proposed designation of Cornalatus permutatus Attems as type species. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43: 366–368. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.471

Hoffman R.L. 1987. A new chelodesmid genus and species from the Peruvian Andes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Hamburg 8 (129): 335--–340.

Hoffman R.L. 1990a. Chelodesmid studies XX. Millipeds of the new Brazilian tribe Cornalatini (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoología 37 (2): 23-–37. https://doi.org/10.11606/0031-1049.1990.37.p23-37

Hoffman R.L. 1990b. Chelodesmid studies. XXII. Synopsis of Tessarithys, a new genus of Brazilian millipeds (Diplopoda: Chelodesmidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoología 37 (10): 159–166. https://doi.org/10.11606/0031-1049.1990.37.p159-166

Hoffman R.L. 1990c. Chelodesmid studies XXIII. Proposal of a new tribe for the disjunct Brasilian genus Macrocoxodesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Chelodesmidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 37 (11): 167–172. https://doi.org/10.11606/0031-1049.1990.37.p167-172

Hoffman R.L. 1992. Identity of Rachis californicus Daday, 1891 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Myriapodologica 2 (9): 59–62. Available from https://www.vmnh.net/content/vmnh/uploads/PDFs/research_and_collections/myriapodologica/myriapodologica_v2_n9.pdf [accessed 18 Jan. 2024].

Hoffman R.L. 1994. An interesting disjunct new genus of prepodesmine millipeds from Nigeria (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Myriapodologica 3 (5): 37–42. Available from https://www.vmnh.net/content/vmnh/uploads/PDFs/research_and_collections/myriapodologica/myriapodologica_v3_n5.pdf [accessed 18 Jan. 2024].

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Hoffman R.L. 1999. Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8: 1–584.

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Hoffman R.L. 2002. A new genus of telonychopodine millipeds from Brazil (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae). Myriapodologica 7 (12): 113–121. Available from https://www.vmnh.net/content/vmnh/uploads/PDFs/research_and_collections/myriapodologica/myriapodologica_v7_12.pdf [accessed 18 Jan. 2024].

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Bouzan, R. S., Means, J. C., Iniesta, L. F., Ivanov, K., Hightower, L., Pena-Barbosa, J. P., Brescovit, A. D., Bueno-Villegas, J., Rojas-Buffet, C., & Sierwald, P. (2026). A world catalog of the millipede family Chelodesmidae Cook in Cook & Collins, 1895 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). European Journal of Taxonomy, 1046(1), 1-271. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1046.3229
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