Nevadesmus hubbsi (Chamberlin) Chamberlin, 2009

Shear, William A., Taylor, Steven J., Wynne, Judson & Krejca, Jean K., 2009, Cave millipeds of the United States. VIII. New genera and species of polydesmidan millipeds from caves in the southwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), Zootaxa 2151, pp. 47-65 : 61-62

Nevadesmus hubbsi (Chamberlin) , new combination

Tidesmus hubbsi Chamberlin, 1943:36 , fig. 4. Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958:74 (list). Shear & Shelley, 2007:63, figs. 22–24.

Remarks: Shear & Shelley explained why hubbsi could not be congeneric with Tidesmus episcopus Chamberlin, 1943 , the type species of Tidesmus . Repeated collecting efforts have failed to turn up male specimens, but the close resemblance between females of N. hubbsi and N. ophimontis makes it highly likely that they are congeneric. The type locality of this species is Cave Valley Cave, in northern Lincoln Co., Nevada (see Fig. 25 in Shear & Shelley 2007).

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 29. Gonopods of Nevadesmus ophimontis. Fig. 25. Posterior view. Fig. 26. Anterioventral view. Fig. 27. Lateral view. Fig. 28. Gonopods in gonostome, ventral view. Fig. 29. Solenomere, posterior view.