Paredrodesmus taurulus Mesibov, 2003, n. gen.
Creators: name: Mesibov, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Dalodesmidae
Paredrodesmus
Paredrodesmus taurulus

description: Paredrodesmus taurulus n. gen., n. sp.
2M7, Sensation Gorge, DP442993 (41°33’21”S, 146°19’51”E), 330m, 2.vi.1990, QVM 23:41094; 3M7, Standard Hill, DP456985 (41°33’47”S, 146°20’51”E), 340m, 2.vi.1990, QVM 23:41095; 2M7, Sassafras Creek, DP444962 (41°35’01”S, 146°19’58”E), 400m, 3.vi.1990, R. Mesibov & D.L. Goldsworthy, QVM 23:41096; 1M7, Gog Range, DP465057 (42°23’56”S, 146°20’59”E), 490m, 4.vi.1990, QVM 23:41097; 2M7, Kelcey Tier, DQ429364 (41°13’17”S, 146°19’07”E), 170m, 1.ix.1991, QVM 23:41098; 2M7, Poatina, DP875705 (41°49’01”S, 146°50’58”E), 1110m, 22.ii.1992, QVM 23:41099, 1 headless; 5M7, Tarraleah, DP474161 (42°18’19”S, 146°21’42”E), 690m, 16.iv.1992, QVM 23:41100; 6M7, same details but DP474162 (42°18’16”S, 146°21’42”E), 700m, QVM 23:41101; 6M7, Tarraleah, DP472166 (42°18’03”S, 146°21’33”E), 720m, 17.iv.1992, QVM 23:41102; 1M7, same details but DP474162 (42°18’16”S, 146°21’42”E), 700m, QVM 23:41103, dissected; 1M7, Laughing Jack Lagoon, DP419289 (42°11’23”S, 146°17’46”E), 910m, 19.iv.1992, QVM 23:41105, dissected; 1M7, Laughing Jack Lagoon, DP419288 (42°11’26”S, 146°17’46”E), 920m, 20.iv.1992, QVM 23:41106; 1M7, Tarraleah, DP472165 (42°18’06”S, 146°21’33”E), 710m, 22.iv.1992, QVM 23:41107; 6M7, Laughing Jack Lagoon, DP421288 (42°11’26”S, 146°17’55”E), 940m, 28.iv.1992, QVM 23:41108; 3M7, Laughing Jack Lagoon, DP424293 (42°11’10”S, 146°18’08”E), 900m, 29.iv.1992, QVM 23:41109; 2M7, Laughing Jack Lagoon, DP418289 (42°11’23”S, 146°17’42”E), 890m, 1.v.1992, QVM 23:41110; 3M7, same details but DP418290 (42°11’19”S, 146°17’42”E), 870m, QVM 23:41111, specimen lot now missing; 2M7, Tarraleah, DP471194 (42°16’32”S, 146°21’30”E), 750m, 2.v.1992, QVM 23:41112; 1M7, same details but DP471196 (42°16’25”S, 146°21’30”E), 770m, QVM 23:41113; 1M7, Tarraleah, DP471196 (42°16’25”S, 146°21’30”E), 770m, 3.v.1992, QVM 23:41114; 1M7, same details but DP474194 (42°16’32”S, 146°21’43”E), 730m, QVM 23:41115; 1M7, Lucks Hill, Flinders Island, ER922664 (40°02’50”S, 148°04’51”E), 260m, 1.ix.1993, R.J. Taylor, QVM 23:41116, dissected; 2M7, Wet Caves, DP502943 (41°36’04”S, 146°24’08”E), 310m, 5.vi.1994, QVM 23:41118; 2M7, Minnow River, DQ448082 (41°28’32”S, 146°20’19”E), 260m, 5.vi.1994, QVM 23:41117; 3M7, Harts Hill, DQ527085 (41°28’24”S, 146°26’00”E), 250m, 13.vii.1994, QVM 23:41119; 6M7, Dynans Bridge, DQ543105 (41°27’20”S, 146°27’10”E), 120m, 13.vii.1994, QVM 23:41120; 3M7, Don River, DQ408362 (41°13’23”S, 146°17’37”E), 90m, 25.vii.1994, QVM 23:41121; 1M7, Devils Gate, DQ385225 (41°20’47”S, 146°15’53”E), 150m, 22.viii.1994, QVM 23:41122; 1M7, Shackley Hill, DQ392192 (41°22’34”S, 146°16’22”E), 280m, 22.viii.1994, QVM 23:41123; 1M7, Nook, DQ452229 (41°20’36”S, 146°20’41”E), 290m, 22.viii.1994, QVM 23:41124; 3M7, Arthurs Lake, DP907558 (41°56’58”S, 146°53’16”E), 990m, 19.ii.1995, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, QVM 23:41125; 10M7, Liawenee, DP686614 (41°53’54”S, 146°37’17”E), 1090m, 4.iii.1995, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, QVM 23:41126; 1M7, Winter Brook, DQ154107 (41°27’02”S, 145°59’13”E), 660m, 28.v.1995, QVM 23:41127; 1M7, Mt Roland, DQ375080 (41°28’37”S, 146°15’05”E), 650m, 4.vi.1995, QVM 23:41128; 3M7, same details but DQ378075 (41°28’53”S, 146°15’17”E), 650m, QVM 23:41129; 1M7, Inglis River, CQ836367 (41°12’45”S, 145°36’41”E), 440m, 11.vi.1995, QVM 23:41130; 4M7, same details but CQ858387 (41°11’41”S, 145°38’17”E), 390m, QVM 23:41131; 17M7, Dysodile Hills, DQ548261 (41°18’54”S, 146°27’35”E), 60m, 27.vi.1997, QVM 23:41132, 2 dissected; 1M7, Black Bog Creek, DP 110966 (41°34’37”S, 145°55’56”E), 870m, 3.vii.1997, QVM 23:41133, dissected; 1M7, same details but DP 111967 (41°34’34”S, 145°56’01”E), 860m, QVM 23:41134, to DP 112967, 860m; 1M7, same details but DP113962 (41°34’50”S, 145°56’09”E), 860m, QVM 23:41135; 2M7, Cam River, DQ 010477 (41°06’56”S, 145°49’14”E), 130m, 23.vii.1997, R. Mesibov & R. van Riet, QVM 23:41136; 2M7, Cam River, DQ025527 (41°04’15”S, 145°50’22”E), 80m, 25.vii.1997, R. Mesibov & R. van Riet, QVM 23:41137; 4M7, Cam River, DQ018511 (41°05’07”S, 145°49’51”E), 120m, 30.vii.1997, R. Mesibov & R. van Riet, QVM 23:41138; 1M7, same details but DQ019512 (41°05’03”S, 145°49’55”E), 140m, R. Mesibov & R. van Riet, QVM 23:41139; 2M7, Cam River, DQ 011497 (41°05’52”S, 145°49’20”E), 120m, 31.vii.1997, R. Mesibov & R. van Riet, QVM 23:41140; 1M7, Aitken Creek, DQ430260 (41°18’55”S, 146°19’08”E), m, 29.viii.1997, QVM 23:41141; 1M7, Mersey River, DQ552082 (41°28’35”S, 146°27’48”E), 160m, 12.ix.1997, QVM 23:41142; 1M7, Caroline Creek, DQ487225 (41°20’49”S, 146°23’12”E), 140m, 27.ix.1997, QVM 23:41143; 1M7, Little Claytons Rivulet, DQ331377 (41°12’33”S, 146°12’07”E), 100m, 30.xi.1997, QVM 23:41144, specimen in fragments; 4M7, Bishops Creek, DQ283282 (41°17’39”S, 146°08’37”E), 310m, 31.viii.1998, QVM 23:41145; 5M7, Yangena Hill, DP943463 (42°02’06”S, 146°55’52”E), 1070m, 14.iii.1999, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, QVM 23:41146; 1M7, Whisky Creek, DQ214424 (41°09’56”S, 146°03’47”E), 100m, 27.iv.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24870, site 2a; 1M7, same details but DQ212427 (41°09’47”S, 146°03’38”E), 150m, 28.iv.1999, QVM 23:24871, site 5b; 1M7, East Gawler River, DQ264308 (41°16’14”S, 146°07’16”E), 290m, 30.iv.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24872, site 8a; 1M7, Camp Creek, CQ919544 (41°03’15”S, 145°42’49”E), 70m, 3.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24873, site 10b; 1M7, Inglis River, CQ805464 (41°07’29”S, 145°34’35”E), 340m, 6.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24874, site 16b; 1M7, same details but CQ820470 (41°07’10”S, 145°35’39”E), 100m, 7.v.1999, QVM 23:24875, site 19a; 1M7, same details but CQ822479 (41°06’41”S, 145°35’49”E), 120m, QVM 23:24876, site 18a; 1M7, Jessie Road, CQ823479 (41°06’41”S, 145°35’53”E), 160m, 7.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24877, site 18b; 1M7, Meunna, CQ710504 (41°05’14”S, 145°27’50”E), 270m, 12.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24878, site 24a; 1M7, Cam River, CQ855362 (41°13’02”S, 145°38’02”E), 360m, 14.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24879, site 28b; 1M7, same details but CQ857362 (41°13’02”S, 145°38’11”E), 380m, QVM 23:24880, site 27a; 1M7, Oonah, CQ814358 (41°13’13”S, 145°35’06”E), 480m, 25.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24881, site 30a; 1M7, Inglis River, CQ816355 (41°13’23”S, 145°35’14”E), 460m, 25.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24882, site 32b; 1M7, same details but CQ816357 (41°13’16”S, 145°35’14”E), 460m, QVM 23:24883, site 32a; 1M7, same details but CQ847382 (41°11’57”S, 145°37’29”E), 410m, 27.v.1999, QVM 23:24884, site 35a; 1M7, same details but CQ848378 (41°12’10”S, 145°37’33”E), 410m, QVM 23:24885, site 34a; 1M7, same details but CQ849379 (41°12’07”S, 145°37’38”E), 410m, QVM 23:24886, site 34b; 1M7, same details but CQ850382 (41°11’57”S, 145°37’42”E), 390m, QVM 23:24887, site 35b; 1M7, Oonah, CQ853385 (41°11’47”S, 145°37’55”E), 380m, 27.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24888, site 36a; 1M7, Keddies Creek, DQ 210416 (41°10’22”S, 146°03’29”E), 60m, 28.v.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24889, site 37a; 1M7, Peegra Road, CQ588536 (41°03’23”S, 145°19’10”E), 260m, 1.vi.1999, K. Bonham, QVM 23:24890, site 39b; 1M7, Pioneer Link Road, CQ702475 (41°06’47”S, 145°27’14”E), 290m, viii.1999, A. Richardson, QVM 23:41147, site 7; 1M7, Bakers Tier, DP910347 (42°08’22”S, 146°53’27”E), 770m, 15.vii.2000, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, QVM 23:24891; 1M7, Diamond Tier, DP863320 (42°09’49”S, 146°50’02”E), 820m, 16.vii.2000, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, QVM 23:24892; 1M7+1F7 (in copula), Loyetea Peak, DQ125252 (41°19’11”S, 145°57’16”E), 680m, 22.vii.2001, R. Mesibov & T. Moule, QVM 23:24893; 2M7, same details, QVM 23:24894; 1M7, Chasm Creek, DQ076412 (41°10’30”S, 145°53’54”E), 280m, 20.v.2002, QVM 23:25019; 4M7, Seabrook Creek, CQ964520 (41°04’35”S, 145°46’00”E), 80m, 12.x.2002, QVM 23:25093.
description: Published as part of Mesibov, Robert, 2003, Two new and unusual genera of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from Tasmania, Australia, pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 368 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157087