Millipedes of Australia

Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae

The assignment of this genus to Haplodesmidae follows Jeekel (1986), Golovatch et al. (2009) and Mesibov (2009b).

Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910
  Agathodesmus
    Agathodesmus Silvestri 1910: 362. (First description.)
    Agathodesmus Attems 1914: 282. (In list of unplaced genera.)
    Agathodesmus Brolemann 1916: 547 (in taxonomic discussion),
    587 (in list of genera of uncertain placement).
    Agathodesmus Attems 1940: 487. (In catalogue of genera of uncertain family placement.)
    Agathodesmus Jeekel 1971: 310. (In genus catalogue.)
    Agathodesmus Hoffman 1980: 184. (In genus catalogue under Dalodesmidae.)
    Agathodesmus Jeekel 1982d: 11. (In taxonomic discussion).
    Agathodesmus Jeekel 1983: 146. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Agathodesmus Jeekel 1985b: 50 (in taxonomic discussion; '...is a haplodesmid'),
    51 (in genus key).
    Agathodesmus Jeekel 1986: 46. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Agathodesmus Simonsen 1990: 57 (Placed in Haplodesmidae.)
    Agathodesmus Golovatch et al. 2009: 2 (in taxonomic discussion),
      44 ('Since the type species of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 is a nomen inquirendum, nothing can be said about its identity')
    Agathodesmus Mesibov 2009b: 92 (New diagnosis, placed in Haplodesmidae.)
  Atopogonus
    Atopogonus Carl 1926: 371 (in summary classification, under Rhachidesmidae),
    386 (first description).
    Atopogonus Attems 1940: 477. (Redescription, under Rhachidesmidae.)
    Atopogonus Verhoeff 1941a: 406. (Assigned to new family Atopogonidae.)
    Atopogonus Jeekel 1971: 314. (In genus catalogue.)
    Atopogonus Hoffman 1980: 186. (In genus catalogue, as genus of uncertain status and position.)
    Atopogonus Jeekel 1984b: 88. (In taxonomic discussion; referred to Haplodesmidae.)
    Atopogonus Jeekel 1986: 46. (Tentatively placed in Haplodesmidae. Inodesmus Cook, 1896 said to be a possible synonym of Atopogonus; Inodesmus sensu Loomis, 1969 synonymised with Atopogonus.)
    Atopogonus Simonsen 1990: 57 (Placed in Haplodesmidae.)
    Atopogonus Hoffman 1999: 480. (Discusses Inodesmus Cook, 1896, lists '?Atopogonus' as possible synonym.)
    Atopogonus Golovatch et al. 2001: 185. (In taxonomic discussion.)
    Atopogonus Golovatch et al. 2009: 2 (in taxonomic discussion: 'it seems premature to formally consider it [Inodesmus] as a subjective senior synonym of Atopogonus'),
     44 (diagnosis).
    Atopogonus Mesibov 2009b: 92. (Synonymised with Agathodesmus.)
    [Type species: Atopogonus baccatus Carl, 1926, by monotypy.]
Type species. Agathodesmus steeli Silvestri, 1910, by original designation.
Distribution. NSW, Qld.
Included species:
    Agathodesmus bucculentus (Jeekel, 1986) [Qld].
    Agathodesmus johnsi Mesibov, 2009 [NSW].
    Agathodesmus steeli Silvestri, 1910 [NSW].
    and Agathodesmus baccatus (Carl, 1926) in New Caledonia.