Introduction

One of two australiosomatine tribes in Australia, with one genus (Hoplatessara) extending to Papua New Guinea (Jeekel 1968). A key to the Queensland genera of Australiosomatini is given in Jeekel (1987).

General References

Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp.

Jeekel, C.A.W. 1987. Millipedes from Australia, 11: Australiosomatini from Queensland (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Beaufortia 37(2): 11-41

History of changes

• Akamptogonus Attems, C. 1914. Die indoaustralischen Myriapoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 80(4): 1-398 [221].

  Type species:

   Polydesmus (Strongylosoma) novarae Humbert & de Saussure, 1869 by original designation (New Zealand).

  Secondary source:

   Hoffman, R.L. 1979. An Australian polydesmoid milliped in San Francisco (Paradoxosomatidae). Wasmann Journal of Biology 37(1-2): 55-58 [55].
• Tricladosoma Brölemann, H.W. 1916. Essai de classification des Polydesmiens (Myriapodes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84: 523-608 [591] [junior objective synonym of Akamptogonus Attems, 1914].

  Type species:

   Polydesmus (Strongylosoma) novarae Humbert & de Saussure, 1869 by original designation.
• Zelanodesmus Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [108] [junior subjective synonym of Akamptogonus Attems, 1914].

  Type species:

   Zelanodesmus rotornanus Chamberlin, 1920 by original designation (New Zealand).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Attems, C. 1937. Myriapoda. 3. Polydesmoidea. I. Fam. Strongylosomidae. Das Tierreich 68: i-xxii, 1-300 [252] (Tricladosoma a synonym of Akamptogonus)
• Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp. [23]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Akamptogonus caragoon Rowe, M. & Sierwald, P. 2006. Morphological and systematic study of the tribe Australiosomatini (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidea: Paradoxosomatidae) and a revision of the genus Australiosoma Brölemann. Invertebrate Systematics 20: 527-556 [533].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA KS87598 ♂, Epping, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Polydesmus (Strongylosoma) novarae Humbert, A. & de Saussure, H. 1869. Description de divers Myriapodes du Musee de Vienne. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 19: 669-692 [689].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW 3426/3 1♂, 1♀ (Rowe & Sierwald (2006) refer to the male as 'lectotype' but have not explicitly lectotypified the specimen), Auckland, NZ.

  Secondary source:

   Hoffman, R.L. 1979. An Australian polydesmoid milliped in San Francisco (Paradoxosomatidae). Wasmann Journal of Biology 37(1-2): 55-58 [55].
• Zelanodesmus australianus Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [109] [junior subjective synonym of Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & de Saussure, 1869)].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4892 ♂, Sutherland (as Southerland), NSW.
• Orthomorpha triaina Attems, C. 1911. Myriopoda exkl. Scolopendridae. In, Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Vol 3(6). Jena : Gustav Fischer Verlag. [178] [junior subjective synonym of Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & de Saussure, 1869)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH 3 specimens (see Weidner (1960)), Albany, WA; ZMB 5157 1♂ (fragments) (see Moritz & Fischer (1978)), Albany, WA; WAM T281 1♀, Albany, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Attems, C. 1914. Die indoaustralischen Myriapoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 80(4): 1-398 (O. triaina a synonym of A. novarae)
• Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp. [23] (Z. australianus a synonym of A. novarae)

Generic Combinations

• Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & de Saussure, 1869). —
  Attems, C. 1914. Die indoaustralischen Myriapoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 80(4): 1-398 [222]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Believed to originate in eastern Australia, introduced into WA and scattered Pacific locations; see Hoffman, R.L. 1979. An Australian polydesmoid milliped in San Francisco (Paradoxosomatidae). Wasmann Journal of Biology 37(1-2): 55-58.

IBRA

NSW, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

General References

Hoffman, R.L. 1979. An Australian polydesmoid milliped in San Francisco (Paradoxosomatidae). Wasmann Journal of Biology 37(1-2): 55-58 [55] (recorded from San Francisco, USA)

Johns, P.M. 1967. A note on the introduced millipedes of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 3: 60-62 [61] (recorded from Norfolk Island and a number of New Zealand localities)

Mesibov, R. & Car, C.A. 2015. A new genus and species of native exotic millipede in Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 498: 7–16 [7]

Moritz, M. & Fischer, S. 1978. Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des Zoologisches Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 4: Polydesmida (Paradoxosomatidea, Sphaeriodesmidea, Polydesmidea). Teil 5: Ergänzungen (Teile 1 bis 3). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 54(1): 99-160

Rowe, M. & Sierwald, P. 2006. Morphological and systematic study of the tribe Australiosomatini (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidea: Paradoxosomatidae) and a revision of the genus Australiosoma Brölemann. Invertebrate Systematics 20: 527-556

Shelley, R.M., Bauer, S.B. & Swift, S.F. 1998. The milliped family Paradoxosomatidae in the Hawaiian Islands (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 56: 43-53 [47] (recorded from Hawaii)

Weidner, H. 1960. Die entomologische Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. III. Chilopoda und Progoneata. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 58: 57-104

History of changes

• Archicladosoma Jeekel, C.A.W. 1984. Millipedes from Australia, 6: Australiosomatini from Victoria (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Records of the Australian Museum 36: 19-44 [20].

  Type species:

   Archicladosoma magnum Jeekel, 1984 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Archicladosoma magnum Jeekel, C.A.W. 1984. Millipedes from Australia, 6: Australiosomatini from Victoria (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Records of the Australian Museum 36: 19-44 [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH a6042 ♂, Australia.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Jeekel (1984:19) believes the holotype was collected by Charles Barrett, probably east or northeast of Melbourne; specimens possibly of this species were collected by the Jeekels in Ferntree Gully National Park (Jeekel 1984:23).

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

History of changes

• Australiosoma Brölemann, H.W. 1913. The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part ii. Diplopoda. Records of the Australian Museum 10(6): 77-158, pls 14-18 [89].

  Type species:

   Australiosoma rainbowi Brolemann, 1913 by original designation.
• Rhopalowales Verhoeff, K.W. 1928. On Diplopoda in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 16(2): 79-115, pls 6-12 [Date published 24 January 1928] [103] [junior subjective synonym of Australiosoma Brolemann, 1913].

  Type species:

   Rhopalowales clavigera Verhoeff, 1928 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp. [24]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Rhopalowales clavigera Verhoeff, K.W. 1928. On Diplopoda in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 16(2): 79-115, pls 6-12 [Date published 24 January 1928] [103].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM KS76504, KS76505, KS86493 2♂, 1♀, Nowra, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Leucotessara clavigera (Verhoeff, 1928). —
  Attems, C. 1931. Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 30(3/4): 1-150 [138]
• Australiosoma clavigerum (Verhoeff, 1928). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp. [24]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

General References

Jeekel, C.A.W. 1982. Four new or little-known Australiosomatini from New South Wales (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). (Millipedes from Australia, 3). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 52(2): 137-154 [138] (redescribed from specimens in the British Museum, from Nowra, NSW)

History of changes

• Australiosoma combei Rowe, M. & Sierwald, P. 2006. Morphological and systematic study of the tribe Australiosomatini (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidea: Paradoxosomatidae) and a revision of the genus Australiosoma Brölemann. Invertebrate Systematics 20: 527-556 [547].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA KS87600 ♂, Epping [not North Ryde], NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Australiosoma fulbrighti Rowe, M. & Sierwald, P. 2006. Morphological and systematic study of the tribe Australiosomatini (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidea: Paradoxosomatidae) and a revision of the genus Australiosoma Brölemann. Invertebrate Systematics 20: 527-556 [551].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMSA KS87599 ♂, Epping, Sydney, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Australiosoma inusitatum Jeekel, C.A.W. 2003. Millipedes from Australia, 16: Further notes on Australiosomatinae from New South Wales with descriptions of a new genus and four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Myriapod Memoranda 6: 28-45 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ (sample missing), Port Hacking, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Australiosoma laminatum Jeekel, C.A.W. 1984. Millipedes from Australia, 6: Australiosomatini from Victoria (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Records of the Australian Museum 36: 19-44 [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH A5763, 4588d ♂, Australia.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Said to have been collected in Victoria by Charles Barrett; see Jeekel (1984: 19)

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

History of changes

• Leucotessara michaelseni Attems, C. 1931. Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 30(3/4): 1-150 [139].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMH (see Weidner (1960); at least 1 male), between Mt Victoria & Jenolan Caves, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Attems, C. 1937. Myriapoda. 3. Polydesmoidea. I. Fam. Strongylosomidae. Das Tierreich 68: i-xxii, 1-300 [251].

Generic Combinations

• Australiosoma michaelseni (Attems, 1931). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp. [24]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

General References

Weidner, H. 1960. Die entomologische Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. III. Chilopoda und Progoneata. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 58: 57-104

History of changes

• Australiosoma nodulosum Jeekel, C.A.W. 2003. Millipedes from Australia, 16: Further notes on Australiosomatinae from New South Wales with descriptions of a new genus and four new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Myriapod Memoranda 6: 28-45 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA ♂, Arding, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Australiosoma rainbowi Brölemann, H.W. 1913. The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part ii. Diplopoda. Records of the Australian Museum 10(6): 77-158, pls 14-18 [97].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS76494 ♂, Mt Sassafras, Shoalhaven district, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

History of changes

• Binarcifer Mesibov, R. 2013. Two new monotypic genera of Queensland millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 58: 7–13 [11].

  Type species:

   Binarcifer superbus Mesibov, 2013 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Binarcifer superbus Mesibov, R. 2013. Two new monotypic genera of Queensland millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 58: 7–13 [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S75043. ♂, Mt Superbus, Qld [28°14’S 152°28’E].
  Paratype(s) QM S33346 ♂, Mt Superbus, Qld.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Boreohesperus Shear, W.A. 1992. A new genus and two new species of millipedes from the Cape Range, Western Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(4): 777-784 [778].

  Type species:

   Boreohesperus capensis Shear, 1992 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

Pilbara (PIL) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. A review of the Western Australian keeled millipede genus Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 290: 1–19

Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2017. New species of Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from north-western Australia. European Journal of Taxonomy 320: 1-11 [2, Fig. 1]

Shear, W.A. 1992. A new genus and two new species of millipedes from the Cape Range, Western Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(4): 777-784 [778] (genus "placed in the Tribe Australiosomatini with some hesitation")

History of changes

• Boreohesperus alcyonis Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2017. New species of Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from north-western Australia. European Journal of Taxonomy 320: 1-11 [4, Figs 2, 5].
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  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T108780 ♂, Kingfisher Island, Kimberley, WA [16º04′55″ S, 124º04′15″ E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T140186 2♂, Kingfisher Island, Kimberley, WA [16º04′55″ S, 124º04′15″ E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

History of changes

• Boreohesperus capensis Shear, W.A. 1992. A new genus and two new species of millipedes from the Cape Range, Western Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(4): 777-784 [779].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T23659 ♂, Cape Range, WA [22°22'34"E, 113°51'25"E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller.

History of changes

• Boreohesperus curiosus Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. A review of the Western Australian keeled millipede genus Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 290: 1–19 [7].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T124633 ♂, 14.5 km NNW. of Mt Elvire, Pilbara Biological Survey site OYE07, Western Australia Australia [21°42'39"S, 116°45'57"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T126116 1♀, data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

History of changes

• Boreohesperus delicatus Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. A review of the Western Australian keeled millipede genus Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 290: 1–19 [8].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T76070 ♂, 6 km SE. of Marda Pool, Pilbara Biological Survey site DRW10, Western Australia, Australia [21°04'11.8"S, 116°12'15.5"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T126117 1♂, 1♀ 1 immature ♂, same data as holotype; WAM T76065 1♂ (gonopod only), 11 km ESE. of Marda Pool, Pilbara Biological Survey site DRW07, Western Australia Australia [21°03'20.4"S, 116°15'06"E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

History of changes

• Boreohesperus dubitalis Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. A review of the Western Australian keeled millipede genus Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 290: 1–19 [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T57637 ♂, Barrow Island, WSW. of Latitude Point, Western Australia, Australia [20°46'51"S, 115°26'28"].
  Paratype(s) WAM T126126 2♂ 3♀, Barrow Island, 500m E. of Base, Western Australia, Australia [20°49'02.0"S, 115°23'24.4"E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Pilbara (PIL)

General References

Car, C.A., Short, M., Huynh, C. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. The millipedes of Barrow Island, Western Australia (Diplopoda). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 83: 209–219 [217]

History of changes

• Boreohesperus furcosus Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. A review of the Western Australian keeled millipede genus Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 290: 1–19 [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T76078 ♂, 9.5 km S. of Mt Minnie, Pilbara Biological Survey site WYW04, Western Australia, Australia [22°11'19.1"S, 115°33'13.2"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T126118 4♂ 4♀, same data as holotype.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Pilbara (PIL)

History of changes

• Boreohesperus psittacinus Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2017. New species of Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from north-western Australia. European Journal of Taxonomy 320: 1-11 [5, Figs 3, 5].
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  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T132609 ♂, Cockatoo Island, Kimberley, WA [16º05′03″ S, 123º35′15″ E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T132608 2♂, Cockatoo Island, Kimberley, WA [16º05′03″ S, 123º35′15″ E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

History of changes

• Boreohesperus undulatus Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2013. A review of the Western Australian keeled millipede genus Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). ZooKeys 290: 1–19 [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T76056 ♂, 3.5 km N. of Karratha Station, Pilbara Biological Survey site DRW05, Western Australia, Australia [20°51'14.1"S, 116°40'07.9"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T126119 4♂ 1♀ 1 juvenile, same data as holotype; WAM T76072 1♂ 1♀, 11 km ESE. of Marda Pool, Pilbara Biological Survey site DRW07, Western Australia, Australia [21°03'20.4"S, 116°15'06"E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

History of changes

• Boreohesperus vascellus Car, C.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2017. New species of Boreohesperus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) from north-western Australia. European Journal of Taxonomy 320: 1-11 [8, Figs 4–5].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:75C21DCD-E403-4B9E-A72E-DFEA369EEED7

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T137095 ♂, Koolan Island, Kimberley, WA [16º07′45″ S, 123º 46′49″ E].
  Paratype(s) WAM T73954 2♂, Koolan Island, Kimberley, WA [16º07′45″ S, 123º 46′49″ E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

History of changes

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

General References

Jeekel, C.A.W. 1982. Four new or little-known Australiosomatini from New South Wales (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). (Millipedes from Australia, 3). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 52(2): 137-154 [142] (key to species recognised up to 1982; cf. C. uncinatum Jeekel, 1987)

History of changes

• Cladethosoma Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [105] [first introduced as a subgenus of Australiosoma Brolemann, 1913].

  Type species:

   Australiosoma (Cladethosoma) clarum Chamberlin, 1920 by monotypy.
• Leucotessara Verhoeff, K.W. 1928. On Diplopoda in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 16(2): 79-115, pls 6-12 [Date published 24 January 1928] [90] [junior subjective synonym of Cladethosoma Chamberlin, 1920].

  Type species:

   Leucotessara lucida Verhoeff, 1928 by monotypy.
• Walestessara Verhoeff, K.W. 1937. Ueber einige neue Diplopoden aus Australien. Records of the Australian Museum 20(2): 133-149 [137] [junior subjective synonym of Cladethosoma Chamberlin, 1920].

  Type species:

   Hoplatessara (Walestessara) cruciata Verhoeff, 1937 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp. [24] (Walestessara a junior subjective synonym of Leucotessara)
• Jeekel, C.A.W. 1979. Notes on the classification of some little-known Australian paradoxosomatid genera (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Journal of Natural History 13: 649-658 [649] (Leucotessara a junior subjective synonym of Cladethosoma)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Vic: Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Cladethosoma calcaratum Jeekel, C.A.W. 2006. Millipedes from Australia, 22: A further contribution to New South Wales Australiosomatini (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Myriapod Memoranda 8: 79-107 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA ♂, 30 km WSW of Bingara, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Hoplatessara (Walestessara) cruciata Verhoeff, K.W. 1937. Ueber einige neue Diplopoden aus Australien. Records of the Australian Museum 20(2): 133-149 [137].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (at least 1 male), Comboyne district, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Leucotessara cruciata (Verhoeff, 1937). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp. [24]
• Cladethosoma cruciatum (Verhoeff, 1937). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1981. Australia Expedition 1980; legit C.A.W. Jeekel and A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers. List of collecting stations, together with general notes on the distribution of millipedes in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam 30: 1-59 [49]
• Australiosoma cruciatum (Verhoeff, 1937). —
  Attems, C. 1940. Polydesmoidea. III. Fam. Polydesmidae, Vanhoeffeniidae, Cryptodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae, Sphaerotrichopidae, Peridontodesmidae, Rhachidesmidae, Macellolophidae, Pandirodesmidae. Das Tierreich 70: i-xxxii, 1-577 [547]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

History of changes

• Hoplatessara (Walestessara) forceps Verhoeff, K.W. 1941. Zur Kenntnis australischer Strongylosomiden und einiger anderen Diplopoden. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift ns 2 36(17): 1-25 [14].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (at least 1 male), Gippsland, VIC.

Generic Combinations

• Leucotessara forceps (Verhoeff, 1941). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1968. On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Amsterdam : C.A.W. Jeekel vii 162 pp. [24]
• Cladethosoma forceps (Verhoeff, 1941). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1981. Australia Expedition 1980; legit C.A.W. Jeekel and A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers. List of collecting stations, together with general notes on the distribution of millipedes in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam 30: 1-59 [51]

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

History of changes

• Cladethosoma inflatum Jeekel, C.A.W. 1982. Four new or little-known Australiosomatini from New South Wales (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). (Millipedes from Australia, 3). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 52(2): 137-154 [142].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Jervis Bay, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

History of changes