The Myriapoda (Millipedes, Centipedes) Featuring the North American Fauna     
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Chelodesminae: ?tribe. Atlantodesmus eimeri. South America, Brazil, Santa Catarina Est. Photo by M. Zobel.

Chelodesminae: ?tribe. Antillodesmus vincentii (Pocock, 1894). West Indies, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Vincent, Mt. St. Andrew. Photo courtesy of M. de Silva.

Unknown Chelodesminae. Greater Antilles, Dominican Republic, Del Este Nat. Pk. Photo courtesy of Father Alejandro Sanchez, http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/

Prepodesminae. ?Tylodesmus sp. Africa, Ghana. Photo courtesy of N. Messina.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelodesminae.tribe, gen. & sp. unknown. Greater Antilles, Jamaica. Photo courtesy of M. van de Merwe.

Chelodesminae.Atlantodesmus eimeri, coiled & with phoretic mites. South America, Peru. Photo by P. Wittman.

Chelodesminae:  Atlantodesmus eimeri. South America, Peru. Photo by P. Wittman.

Prepodesminae. ?Xyodesmus sp. Africa, Ghana. Photo by N. Messina.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelodesminae: Chondrodesmini. Chondrodesmus cf. riparius Carl, 1914. South America,Colombia, Bodega Central; discovered with plants in Scandinavia. Photo by G. Brovad.

Chelodesminae: Telonychopodini. Eucampesmella sp. South America, Brazil, transition region between Caatinga (desert) and Atlantic Rain Forest. Photo courtesy of A. von Buldring.

Chelodesminae: ?tribe. Ricodesmus stejnegeri Chamberlin, 1922. Greater Antilles, USA, Puerto Rico, Guillarte State. Forest. Photo courtesy of Father Alejandro Sanchez, http://www.kingsnake.com/westindian/

Chelodesminae. ?New genus, new species. South America, Peru, Amazonas Dept., Lamud, near Chachapoyas. Photo courtesy of M. Christophe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelodesminae: Telonychopodini. Odontopeltis sp. with Rhiginia lateralis nymph  (Hemiptera) that was preying on it minutes before. South America, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro state, Nova Friburgo. Photo courtesy of H. Gil-Santana.

Chelodesminae: Batodesmini. ?Alocodesmus sp. South America, Colombia, north coast, Tayrona National Park. Photo courtesy of D. Laetitia & M. Christophe.

Prepodesminae. ?Prepodesmus sp. Africa, Ghana. Photo courtesy of N. Messina.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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