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Myrmecodesmus

Myriapoda - Polydesmida - Pyrgodesmidae

Taxonomy
Myrmecodesmus was named by Silvestri (1910). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pyrgodesmidae by Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Myrmecodesmus Silvestri
2018Myrmecodesmus Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 643

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
—DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
RankNameAuthor
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassHelminthomorpha(Pocock 1887)
—EugnathaAttems 1898
superorderMerochaetaCook 1895
orderPolydesmidaPocock 1887
suborderPolydesmideaPocock 1887
superfamilyPyrgodesmoideaSilvestri 1896
familyPyrgodesmidaeSilvestri 1896
genusMyrmecodesmusSilvestri 1910

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Myrmecodesmus Silvestri 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available