Elythesmus Hoffman, 1978

Enghoff, Henrik, 2022, A mountain of millipedes X: Species of Pyrgodesmidae and Cryptodesmidae in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), European Journal of Taxonomy 845, pp. 66-100 : 85

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.845.1955
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC9F793D-5AD6-4D7C-A25C-7B2C58CAB4C0
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7258810
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Elythesmus Hoffman, 1978
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Genus Elythesmus Hoffman, 1978 View in CoL

Type species

Elythemus enghoffi Hoffman, 1978 , by original designation and monotypy.

Other included species

None.

Diagnosis

A genus of Thelydesminae Cook, 1896 in which the prefemora are unmodified in both sexes and the surface of the metaterga is covered by a dark secretion.