Brachydesmus superus

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Brachydesmus superus

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Polydesmidae
Genus:	Brachydesmus
Species:	B. superus
Binomial name
*Brachydesmus superus* Latzel, 1884
Synonyms^[1]
Brachydesmus dux Chamberlin, 1940 Brachydesmus gladiolus Williams & Hefner, 1928 Brachydesmus insculptus Pocock, 1892 Brachydesmus mosellanus Verhoeff, 1891 Brachydesmus pallidus Loomis, 1939 Brachydesmus peninsulae Attems, 1899 Brachydesmus superus superus Latzel, 1884 Eubrachydesmus superus (Latzel, 1884) Polydesmus pilidens Koch, 1847 Polydesmus superus (Latzel, 1884)

Brachydesmus superus, sometimes called the flat millipede,^[2]^[3] is a species of millipede in the family Polydesmidae.^[4]^[5] Its specific name is from the Latin word for "above, upper,"^[6] because it lives in the upper soil layer.^[7]

Appearance

A light brown or grey flat-backed millipede. Adults are up to 1 cm (0.39 in) long, with 19 segments (including the telson), unlike most other adults in the family Polydesmidae, which usually have 20 segments.^[8] Accordingly, adults in this genus have two fewer legs than most polydesmid adults have: Females have only 29 pairs of legs, and males have only 28 pairs of walking legs, excluding one pair of gonopods.^[9]^[10]

Distribution

Native to Europe, also found in New England.^[11]

Behaviour

Lives in damp terrestrial habitats.^[12] Female lays about 50 eggs in spring or summer in a dome-shaped nest. The first-staged larva has seven segments and three pairs of legs; it moults six times (sometimes seven for males) before reaching adult size.^[13]

They are known as a pest in sugar beet fields.^[14]

References

^ "MilliBase - Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884". www.millibase.org.
^ Adams, Charles R.; Early, Michael P.; Bamford, Katherine M. (November 8, 2008). Principles of Horticulture. Routledge. ISBN 9780750686945 – via Google Books.
^ Adams, Charles; Early, Mike; Brook, Jane; Bamford, Katherine (August 7, 2014). Principles of Horticulture: Level 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781317937777 – via Google Books.
^ Stephenson, J. W. (May 1, 1960). "The biology of Brachydesmus Superus (Latz.) Diplopoda". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (29): 311–319. doi:10.1080/00222936008655772 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
^ "The Transactions of the Cave Research Group". Cave Research Group. November 8, 1973 – via Google Books.
^ Skeat, Walter William (November 8, 1895). "A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language". Harper & Bros. – via Google Books.
^ L?kke, Hans; Gestel, Cornelis A. M. van (May 5, 1998). Handbook of Soil Invertebrate Toxicity Tests. Wiley. ISBN 9780471971030 – via Google Books.
^ "Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884 | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". www.bmig.org.uk.
^ Blower, J. Gordon (1985). Millipedes : keys and notes for the identification of the species. Linnean Society of London, Estuarine and Brackish-water Sciences Association. London: Published for the Linnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Brackish-Water Sciences Association by E.J. Brill. ISBN 90-04-07698-0. OCLC 13439686.
^ Mesibov, Robert. "External Anatomy of Polydesmida: Body plans". myriapodology.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
^ "Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884". www.gbif.org.
^ English, Mary (1976). "New Records of Millipedes from Munster, Ireland". The Irish Naturalists' Journal. 18 (12): 341–347. JSTOR 25537965 – via JSTOR.
^ Gratwick, M. (December 6, 2012). Crop Pests in the UK: Collected edition of MAFF leaflets. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789401114905 – via Google Books.
^ Cooke, D. A.; Scott, J. E. (December 6, 2012). The Sugar Beet Crop. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789400903739 – via Google Books.

Taxon identifiers
Brachydesmus superus	Wikidata: Q50407061 Wikispecies: Brachydesmus superus AFD: Brachydesmus_superus BioLib: 90233 BOLD: 311659 CoL: 84Z92 EUNIS: 201505 Fauna Europaea (new): 793a6a60-3b92-4d40-8683-de0f2629c468 GBIF: 1020944 IRMNG: 10046355 MilliBase: 949992 NBN: NBNSYS0000011372 NCBI: 1569508 NZOR: 23320473-4289-4206-86cd-460bc8b77b8e Observation.org: 26794 Open Tree of Life: 3513028 WoRMS: 949992

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