Zootaxa 4686 (2): 151–201 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2019 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4686.2.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5C0F743B-C3D1-4B7C-A39E-656F95BDEFC7 Check list of the Venezuelan millipedes species JULIÁN BUENO-VILLEGAS1, PETRA SIERWALD2 & ANTONIO A. DE ASCENÇÃO3 1Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo. México. E-mail: [email protected] 2Insect Division, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. USA. E-mail: [email protected] 3Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida. Venezuela. E-mail: [email protected] Table of contents Abstract .................................................................................................152 Introduction ..............................................................................................153 Material and methods ......................................................................................153 Discussion ...............................................................................................156 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................156 Checklist of the millipedes of Venezuela .......................................................................157 Order Polyxenida .........................................................................................157 Family Lophoproctidae (2 species) ............................................................................157 Genus Ancistroxenus Schubart, 1947 .........................................................................157 Family Polyxenidae (1 species) ..............................................................................157 Genus Macroxenodes Silvestri, 1948 ..........................................................................157 Order Glomeridesmida .....................................................................................158 Family Glomeridesmidae (3 species) ..........................................................................158 Genus Glomeridesmus Gervais, 1844 .........................................................................158 Family Aphelidesmidae (11 species) ..........................................................................158 Subfamily Aphelidesminae ..................................................................................158 Genus Aphelidesmus Brölemann, 1898 ........................................................................158 Subfamily Amplininae .....................................................................................159 Genus Amplinus Attems, 1898 ...............................................................................159 Genus Meridiurus Vohland, 1998 ............................................................................160 Genus Protaphelidesmus Brölemann, 1916 .....................................................................161 Genus Varyomus Hoffman, 1954 .............................................................................161 Family Chelodesmidae (38 species) ...........................................................................161 Subfamily Chelodesminae ..................................................................................161 Tribe Batodesmini, Cook, 1896 ..............................................................................161 Genus Alocodesmus Silvestri, 1896 ...........................................................................161 Genus Curimaguana Hoffman, 2007 ..........................................................................162 Genus Tunochilus Chamberlin, 1950 ..........................................................................163 Tribe Chelodesmini Hoffman, 1978 ...........................................................................163 Genus Eumastostethus Hoffman, 1978 ........................................................................163 Genus Leptherpum Attems, 1931.............................................................................163 Tribe Chondrodesmini Hoffman, 1978 .........................................................................164 Genus Chondrodesmus Silvestri, 1897 ........................................................................164 Tribe Leptodesmini, Attems, 1898 ............................................................................165 Genus Leptodesmus deSaussure, 1859 .........................................................................165 Tribe Lepturodesmini Hoffman, 1975 .........................................................................166 Genus Eressea Hoffman, 1975 ...............................................................................166 Genus Lepturodesmus Silvestri, 1898 .........................................................................166 Genus Hypodesmus Hoffman, 1975 ...........................................................................167 Genus Pansararium Hoffman, 1975 ..........................................................................168 Genus Phlyzakium Attems, 1931 .............................................................................168 Genus Trachelodesmus Peters, 1864 ..........................................................................168 Tribe Trichomorphini Hoffman, 1979. 169 Genus Trichomorpha Silvestri 1897 ..........................................................................169 Family placement uncertain .................................................................................160 Accepted by P. Marek: 11 Sept. 2019; published: 15 Oct. 2019 151 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Family Cyrtodesmidae (4 species) ............................................................................160 Genus Agnurodesmus Silvestri, 1910 .........................................................................160 Genus Cyrtodesmus Gervais, 1847 ............................................................................160 Family Trichopolydesmidae (4 species) ........................................................................161 Genus Cryptogonodesmus Silvestri, 1898 ......................................................................161 Genus Cutervodesmus Kraus, 1957 ...........................................................................161 Family Oniscodesmidae (4 species) ...........................................................................162 Genus Detodesmus Cook, 1896 ..............................................................................162 Genus Oniscodesmus Gervais & Goudot, 1844 ..................................................................162 Family Paradoxosomatidae (15 species) ........................................................................162 Genus Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 1939 ...........................................................................162 Genus Iulidesmus Silvestri, 1895 .............................................................................163 Genus Montesecaria Kraus, 1956 ............................................................................165 Genus Onciurosoma Silvestri, 1932. 165 Genus Oxidus Cook, 1911 ..................................................................................165 Genus Strongylosoma Brandt, 1833 ...........................................................................166 Family Platyrhacidae (1 species) .............................................................................166 Genus Platyrhacus C.L. Koch, 1847 ..........................................................................166 Family Pyrgodesmidae (9 species) ............................................................................166 Genus Corypherepsis Attems, 1914 ...........................................................................166 Genus Docodesmus Cook, 1896 ..............................................................................167 Genus Enantigonodesmus Silvestri, 1898 ......................................................................167 Genus Schedypodesmus Silvestri, 1898 ........................................................................167 Genus Stictodesmus Silvestri, 1898 ...........................................................................167 Genus Tridesmus Cook, 1896 ...............................................................................167 Order Polyzoniida .........................................................................................168 Family Siphonotidae (1 species) ..............................................................................168 Genus Rhinotus Cook, 1896. 168 Order Siphonophorida ......................................................................................168 Family Siphonophoridae (2 species) ...........................................................................168 Genus Siphonophora Brandt, 1837 ...........................................................................168 Order Spirobolida .........................................................................................169 Family Rhinocricidae (34 species) ............................................................................169 Genus Anadenobolus Silvestri, 1897 ..........................................................................169 Genus Metacricus Chamberlin,