Inodesmus

Inodesmus is a genus of millipedes in the family Haplodesmidae, first described by Orator F. Cook in 1896. The type species is I. jamaicensis. This genus exhibits a disjunct distribution, with species found in Colombia, Jamaica, New Caledonia, and the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.^[1][2]

Inodesmus
Inodesmus steeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Haplodesmidae
Genus:	Inodesmus Cook, 1896
Species
See text
Synonyms
Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 Atapogonus Carl, 1926

Taxonomy

Assignment to the family Haplodesmidae is currently uncertain. Agathodesmus, described by Silvestri in 1910,^[3] and Atopogonus, described by J. Carl in 1926,^[4] are regarded as junior synonyms of Inodesmus.^[1]

Species

The genus Inodesmus consists of the following accepted species:^[1]

• Inodesmus adelphus (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus aenigmaticus (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus agnus (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus anici (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus baccatus (Carl, 1926)
• Inodesmus bonang (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus bucculentus (Jeekel, 1986)
• Inodesmus carorum (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus chandleri (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus gayundah (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus hahnensis (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus jamaicensis Cook, 1896
• Inodesmus johnsi (Mesibov, 2009)
• Inodesmus kerensis (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus kirrama (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus millaa (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus morwellensis (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus parapholeus (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus quintanus (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus sagma (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus steeli (Silvestri, 1910)
• Inodesmus summus (Mesibov, 2013)
• Inodesmus urbanus (Romero-Rincon & Douch, 2024)
• Inodesmus yuccabinensis Mesibov, 2013)