• 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

• Leucotessara lucida 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] [100].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS76501 ♂, Duggans Gully, Upper Chichester, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Cladethosoma lucidum (Verhoeff, 1928). —
  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

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

• Cladethosoma (Cladethosoma) monticola Mesibov, R. 2018. Three new species of Cladethosoma Chamberlin, 1920 from southeast Queensland (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 53-67 [Date published online 8 June 2018] [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S74493 ♂ (in 2 pieces), Mt Mitchell, Qld,1060 m [28°04’S 152°24’E].
  Paratype(s) QM S74495, S74494 2 ♂, details as for holotype but different dates.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Cladethosoma (Cladethosoma) musgravei Mesibov, R. 2018. Three new species of Cladethosoma Chamberlin, 1920 from southeast Queensland (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 53-67 [Date published online 8 June 2018] [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS.128099 (ex AM KS.94134) ♂, Macpherson Ranges National Park, Qld [-28.2310 153.1360 ± 1 km].
  Paratype(s) AM KS.94110, KS.94133, KS.94134, AM KS.94138, KS.94137, KS.94157 6 ♂ 6 ♀, details as for holotype, but some collecting dates differ.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Cladethosoma (Cladethosoma) toowoomba Mesibov, R. 2018. Three new species of Cladethosoma Chamberlin, 1920 from southeast Queensland (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 53-67 [Date published online 8 June 2018] [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Hartmann Bushland Reserve, Rangeville, Toowoomba, Qld [-27.5901 151.9860 ±25m].
  Paratype(s) QM S108445, S108446, S108447 9 ♂ 2 ♀, same locality as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Cladethosoma tortuosum 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 [85].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA ♂, Gibraltar Range State Forest, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Strongylosoma trilineata Newport, G. 1844. A list of the species of Myriapoda, order Chilognatha, contained in the cabinets of the British Museum, with description of a new genus and thirty-two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 13: 263-270 [266].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia.
• Australiosoma verhoeffi Attems, C. 1931. Die Familie Leptodesmidae und andere Polydesmiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 30(3/4): 1-150 [134] [junior subjective synonym of Cladethosoma clarum (Chamberlin, 1920)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMH (at least 1 male, sample missing; see Weidner (1960)), Sydney, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Attems, C. 1937. Myriapoda. 3. Polydesmoidea. I. Fam. Strongylosomidae. Das Tierreich 68: i-xxii, 1-300 [240].
• Australiosoma (Cladethosoma) clarum Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 4887 ♂, Hornsby, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] (Australiosoma verhoeffi synonymised with Cladethosoma clarum)
• 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 [81] (Cladethosoma clarum synonymised with Cladethosoma trilineatum)

Generic Combinations

• Cladethosoma clarum (Chamberlin, 1920). —
  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. [26]
• Leucotessara trilineata (Newport, 1844). —
  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 trilineatum (Newport, 1844). —
  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 [81]
• Leucotessara verhoeffi (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]

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

• Cladethosoma uncinatum Jeekel, C.A.W. 1987. Millipedes from Australia, 11: Australiosomatini from Queensland (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Beaufortia 37(2): 11-41 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂, Christmas Creek, QLD.

Introduction

Mesibov (2018) discusses this species, and his attempts to verify its status; he lists its type specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

History of changes