Millipedes of Australia

Polydesmida: Unassigned Dalodesmidea

The following four genera are currently placed without family assignment in the suborder Dalodesmidea, following Mesibov (2003c), Golovatch (2003) and Mesibov (2009a).

There are a number of similar, undescribed Australian species in museum collections. All species appear to live in litter in rainforest or wet eucalypt forest, or in moist microshelters in dry eucalypt forest.

Asphalidesmus Silvestri, 1910
  Asphalidesmus
    Asphalidesmus Silvestri 1910: 362. (First description.)
    Asphalidesmus Attems 1914: 242 (in genus key, under Xystodesmidae),
      244 (in species catalogue).
    Asphalidesmus Brolemann 1916: 547, 583 (in taxonomic discussions),
      587 (in list of genera of uncertain placement).
    Asphalidesmus Attems 1926: 153. (In genus key, under Fontariidae.)
    Asphalidesmus Attems 1931: 1 (in taxonomic discussion),
      6 (in genus key),
      77 (redescription).
    Asphalidesmus Verhoeff 1932: 1587. (In genus key, under Fontariidae.)
    Asphalidesmus Verhoeff 1936a: 2 (in taxonomic discussion),
      6, 8 (in genus keys),
      12 (compared with Tasmaniosoma).
    Asphalidesmus Attems 1940: 205. (Redescription, among 'uncertain' genera of Vanhoeffeniidae.)
    Asphalidesmus Jeekel 1971: 313. (In genus catalogue.)
    Asphalidesmus Hoffman 1980: 150 (in taxonomic discussion),
        184 (in genus catalogue under Dalodesmidae).
    Asphalidesmus Jeekel 1982d: 12. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Asphalidesmus Jeekel 1984b: 85 (in taxonomic discussion)
      89 (in genus key).
    Asphalidesmus Jeekel 1986: 46. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Asphalidesmus Mesibov 2002b: 532. (Redescription.)
    Asphalidesmus Golovatch 2003: 53. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Asphalidesmus Mesibov 2009a: 67. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Asphalidesmus Golovatch et al. 2009: 3. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Atopodesmus
    Atopodesmus Chamberlin 1920a: 153. (First description.)
    Atopodesmus Attems 1926: 134. (In genus key, under Cryptodesmidae.)
    Atopodesmus Verhoeff 1932: 1562. (In genus key, under Cryptodesmidae.)
    Atopodesmus Attems 1940: 356. (Redescription, among 'uncertain' genera of Oniscodesmidae.)
    Atopodesmus Jeekel 1971: 313. (In genus catalogue.)
    Atopodesmus Hoffman 1980: 186. (In genus catalogue, as genus of uncertain status and position.)
    Atopodesmus Jeekel 1984b: 85 (in taxonomic discussion)
      89 (in genus key).
    Atopodesmus Jeekel 1986: 46. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Atopodesmus Simonsen 1990: 57 (Placed in Haplodesmidae.)
    Atopodesmus Mesibov 2002b: 532. (Synonymised with Asphalidesmus.)
    Atopodesmus Mesibov 2009a: 68. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Atopodesmus Golovatch et al. 2009: 2 (in taxonomic discussion)
      3 (removed from Haplodesmidae).
    [Type species: Atopodesmus parvus Chamberlin, 1920, by original designation.]
Type species. Asphalidesmus leae Silvestri, 1910, by original designation.
Distribution. Tas.
Included species:
    Asphalidesmus golovatchi Mesibov, 2009 [Tas].
    Asphalidesmus leae Silvestri, 1910 [Tas].
    Asphalidesmus parvus (Chamberlin, 1920) [Tas].  

Noteremus Mesibov, 2009
  Noteremus Mesibov 2009a: 56. (First description.)
Type species. Noteremus summus Mesibov, 2009, by original designation.
Distribution. Tas.
Included species:
    Noteremus infimus Mesibov, 2009 [Tas].
    Noteremus summus Mesibov, 2009 [Tas].  

Paredrodesmus Mesibov, 2003
  Paredrodesmus Mesibov 2003c: 8. (First description.)
Type species. Paredrodesmus taurulus Mesibov, 2003, by original designation.
Distribution. Tas.
Included species:
    Paredrodesmus aceriodendron Mesibov, 2003 [Tas].
    Paredrodesmus australis Mesibov, 2003 [Tas].
    Paredrodesmus bicalcar Mesibov, 2003 [Tas].
    Paredrodesmus monticolus Mesibov, 2003 [Tas].
    Paredrodesmus purpureus Mesibov, 2003 [Tas].
    Paredrodesmus taurulus Mesibov, 2003 [Tas].  

Procophorella Mesibov, 2003
  Procophorella Mesibov 2003c: 2. (First description.)
Type species. Procophorella innupta Mesibov, 2003, by original designation.
Distribution. Tas.
Included species:
    Procophorella bashfordi Mesibov, 2003 [Tas].
    Procophorella innupta Mesibov, 2003 [Tas].