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Dixidesmus nitidus (Bollman) 



Polydesmus nitidus Bollman, 1887, Ent. Amer., vol. 3, p. 45. 

 Type: Collection of Indiana Univ. 

 Type Locality: Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. 

 Range : Known only from the type locality. 



Dixidesmus penicillus Chamberlin 



Dixidesmus penicillus Chamberlin, 1943, Bull. Univ. Utah, biol. ser., vol. 



8, No. 2, p. 19, fig. 35. 

 Type: Collection of R. V. Chamberlin. 

 Type Locauty: Clarksville, Habersham County, Georgia. 

 Range : Known only from Clarksville and Neel Gap, in northern Georgia. 



Dixidesmus phanus Chamberlin 



Dixidesmus phanus Chamberlin, 1951, Great Basin Nat., vol. 11, No. 1-2, 



p. 27, fig. 1. 

 Type: Collection of R. V. Chamberlin. 

 Type Locality: Suwannee River, Florida. 

 Range : Known only from type locality. 



Dixidesmus sylvicolens Chamberlin 



Dixidesmus sylvicolens Chamberlin, 1943, Bull. Univ. Utah, bioL ser., vol. 



8, No. 2, p. 20, fig. 33. 

 Type: Collection of R. V. Chamberlin. 



Type Locality : 7 miles north of Sylvania, Screven County, Georgia. 

 Range : Known only from type locality. 



Dixidesmus tallulanus Chamberlin 



Dixidesmus tallulanus Chamberlin, 1943, Bull. Univ. Utah, biol ser., vol. 

 8, No. 2, p. 19, fig. 34. 



Type : Collection of R. V. Chamberlin. 



Type Locality: Between Clayton and Tallulah Falls, Rabun County, 

 Georgia. 



Range: Known also from western North Carolina (Macon County) and 

 the Great Smokies in Tennessee (Sevier County) . 



Genus POLYDESMUS Latreille 



Polydesmus Latreille, 1802, Histoire naturelle . . . des crustaces et des 

 insectes, vol. 3, p. 44. — Attems, 1940, Das Tierreich, Lief. 70, p. 3. 



Generotype : Julus complanatus Linnaeus, by monotypy. 



Range: Palearctic region. The American representatives were introduced 

 and have become established in many places throughout the country. 



Species: About 145 species and subspecies have been described, of which 

 five have been found in North America. 



