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Order
Polydesmida


Family
Dalodesmidae


Unassigned
Dalodesmidea


Family
Haplodesmidae
 
Genus
Agathodesmus


Family
Paradoxosomatidae


Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae:
Agathodesmus spp.

Go to Agathodesmus synonymy on Haplodesmidae introduction page


 

Agathodesmus bucculentus (Jeekel, 1986)
  Atopogonus bucculentus Jeekel 1986: 47 (first description),
    figs. 12-17, p. 48.
  Atopogonus bucculentus Golovatch et al. 2009: 3. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Agathodesmus bucculentus Mesibov 2009b: 92 (new combination), 100 (in taxonomic discussion),
    figs 8D, 8E, p. 104 (reproduced from Jeekel 1986).

Holotype. Male.
Locality. 'Queensland, Eungella National Park, 5 km W of Netherdale, along Broken Hill [probably 'Broken River'] track in rainforest, under logs' (Jeekel 1986: 47).
Collectors, date. C.A.W. Jeekel & A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers, 18 October 1980.
Paratypes. 1 male, 1 juvenile male.
Deposited. ZMA (Jeekel 1986: 47).


 

Agathodesmus johnsi Mesibov, 2009
  Agathodesmus johnsi Mesibov 2009b: 98 (first description),
    fig. 5C, p. 96; fig. 7B, p. 99.

Holotype. Male.
Locality. Mt Aggie, Brindabella Ranges, ACT, 35°27'S 148°46'E, 5000', snow sclerophyll.
Collector, date. P.M. Johns, 24 August 1966.
Deposited. AM, KS107965.
Paratypes. In AM: 12 males, 12 females, details as for holotype, KS94156.


 

Agathodesmus steeli Silvestri, 1910
  Agathodesmus steeli Silvestri 1910: 362. (First description.)
  Agathodesmus Steeli Attems 1914: 283. (In species catalogue.)
  Agathodesmus steeli Chamberlin 1920a: 137. (In species catalogue.)
  Agathodesmus steeli Attems 1940: 488. (In catalogue of genera of uncertain family placement.)
  Agathodesmus steeli Jeekel 1971: 310. (In genus catalogue as type of Agathodesmus.)
  Agathodesmus steeli Jeekel 1981: 55. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Agathodesmus steeli Jeekel 1985b: 50. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Agathodesmus steeli Golovatch et al. 2009: 3. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Agathodesmus steeli Mesibov 2009b: 92 (redescription),
    fig 1, p. 88; figs 3A-D, p. 93; figs 4A-D, p. 94; figs 5A, 5B, p. 96; figs 6A-C, p. 97; fig. 7A, p. 99.

Holotype. Female; permanently mounted on slide (Mesibov 2009b).
Locality. Avoca [near Moss Vale], NSW.
Collector, date. Thomas Steel, date not yet known.
Deposited. MCG.
Other records. Redescribed from males and females from Knights Hill, ca. 20 km east of Avoca (Mesibov 2009b).