Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920:135
Attems, 1940:490
Jeekel, 1971:336
1982:12
1983:146
1984:85
1985:50
Hoffman, 1980:185
Mesibov, 2003:198
2004c:21
2006:108
Australopeltis Johns, 1964:47
Pseudoprionopeltis Carl, 1902
Hoffman, 1980:184
Jeekel, 1982:12
1983:150
Lissodesmus
Shelley et al ., 2000:86
The millipede genera Gephyrodesmus Jeekel, 1983 and Orthorhachis Jeekel, 1985 in southeastern Australia, a new Lissodesmus Chamberlin, 1920 from Victoria, and observations on male leg setae, spinnerets and metatergite sculpture (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae)
Mesibov, Robert
Zootaxa
2008
2008-06-11
1790
1
52
7PMX9
Chamberlin, 1920
Chamberlin
1920
[151,535,151,177]
Diplopoda
Dalodesmidae
Lissodesmus
Animalia
Polydesmida
48
49
Arthropoda
genus
LissodesmusChamberlin, 1920:135. Attems, 1940:490. Jeekel, 1971:336; 1982:12; 1983:146; 1984:85; 1985:50. Hoffman, 1980:185. Mesibov, 2003:198; 2004c:21; 2006:108. Australopeltis Johns, 1964:47(introduced as subgenus of PseudoprionopeltisCarl, 1902). Hoffman, 1980:184(raised to genus). Jeekel, 1982:12; 1983:150(synonymised with Lissodesmus). Shelley et al., 2000:86. Mesibov, 2006a:108.
Typespecies: Of Lissodesmus, L. modestusChamberlin, 1920by original designation; of Australopeltis, Pseudoprionopeltis martiniCarl, 1902by original designation. Included species. L. adrianae Jeekel, 1984, L. alisonae Jeekel, 1984, L. anas Mesibov, 2006, L. bashfordi Mesibov, 2006, L. clivulus Mesibov, 2006, L. cognatus Mesibov, 2006, L. cornutus Mesibov, 2006, L. devexus Mesibov, 2006, L. hamatus Mesibov, 2006, L. horridomontis Mesibov, 2006, L. inopinatus Mesibov, 2006, L. latus Mesibov, 2006, L. modestusChamberlin, 1920, L. montanus Mesibov, 2006, L. orarius Mesibov, 2006, L. peninsulensis Mesibov, 2006, L. perporosus Jeekel, 1984and L. plomleyi Mesibov, 2006, all from Tasmania; and L. blackwoodensis Mesibov, 2006, L. catrionae Mesibov, 2006, L. dignomontis Mesibov, 2006, L. gippslandicus Mesibov, 2006, L. grampianensis n. sp., L. johnsi Mesibov, 2006, L. macedonensis Mesibov, 2006, L. martini(Carl, 1902), L. milledgei Mesibov, 2006, L. otwayensis Mesibov, 2006and L. tarrabulga Mesibov, 2006, all from Victoria. Distribution: Nearly ubiquitous in Tasmania(including Flinders Island in Bass Strait, but not recorded from King Island). In Victoria, largely restricted to higher rainfall areas, principally the Great Dividing Range and its westward outliers (including the Grampians), and the Otway and Strzelecki Ranges. See Mesibov (2006a) for habitat notes on Lissodesmusspecies.