Checklist
Australia is home to eight orders of native millipedes, with most of the species-level diversity in the orders Polydesmida and Spirostreptida. Most mainland polydesmidans are in the family Paradoxosomatidae and most spirostreptidans are in Cambalidae. Tasmania is missing the mainland orders Siphonophorida and Spirobolida, and the dominant Tasmanian families are Dalodesmidae (Polydesmida) and Iulomorphidae (Spirostreptida).
Tasmania has many tiny, undescribed Polydesmida: more than 70 have been sorted to species in museum collections (see the undescribed Polydesmida page). Also known-but-undescribed are several rare chordeumatidans. In future, taxonomists may recognise more undescribed species in the poorly studied orders Polyzoniida and Sphaerotheriida. There are almost certainly more Tasmanian Polydesmida and Spirostreptida waiting to be discovered that have very small geographic ranges.
The most prospective areas for new, relatively large Tasmanian millipedes are the south-central mountains (Mt Styx to the South Cape Range) and the wetter bush remnants on King and Flinders Islands. All parts of Tasmania are prospective for tiny, undescribed Polydesmida. These are best collected by Tullgren funnel extraction of leaf and twig litter, rather than by searching and hand-collecting.
Click on a species name in the checklist to go to information on that species. (I) indicates that the species has been introduced to Tasmania.
About the maps
The distribution maps on this website are built from an occurrences file I maintain with ca 9900 records for preserved specimens deposited in museums. The file is Darwin Core-compliant, corrects errors found in Atlas of Living Australia records and and is frequently updated. If you are interested in distribution records for particular species, please email me.
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Diplopoda
Order Polyxenida
Family Polyxenidae
Propolyxenus australis Short and Huynh, 2010
Propolyxenus forsteri Condé, 1951
Unixenus corticolus Short and Huynh, 2011
Family Synxenidae
Phryssonotus australis Huynh and Veenstra, 2018
Phryssonotus novaehollandiae (Silvestri, 1923)
Order Polyzoniida
Family Siphonotidae
Undescribed siphonotid species
Order Sphaerotheriida
Family Procyliosomatidae
Procyliosoma leae Silvestri, 1917
Procyliosoma tasmanicum Silvestri, 1917
Order Spirostreptida
Family Cambalidae
Tasmanocambala greeni Mesibov, 2019
Tasmanocambala tasmanica Mesibov, 2019
Tasmanocambala taylori Mesibov, 2019
Family Iulomorphidae
Amastigogonus danpicola Mesibov, 2017
Amastigogonus elephas Mesibov, 2017
Amastigogonus fossuliger Verhoeff, 1944
Amastigogonus hardyi (Chamberlin, 1920)
Amastigogonus hellyeri Mesibov, 2017
Amastigogonus insularis Mesibov, 2017
Amastigogonus michaelsae Mesibov, 2017
Amastigogonus orientalis Mesibov, 2017
Amastigogonus peninsulensis Mesibov, 2017
Amastigogonus tasmanianus Brölemann, 1913
Amastigogonus verreauxii (Gervais, 1847)
Atelomastix bonhami Mesibov, 2017
Atelomastix smithi Mesibov, 2017
Equestrigonus tasmaniensis Mesibov, 2017
Talomius weldensis Mesibov, 2019
Order Chordeumatida
Family Metopidiotrichidae
Australeuma jeekeli Golovatch, 1986
Australeuma golovatchi Shear and Mesibov, 1997
Australeuma mauriesi Shear and Mesibov, 1997
Australeuma simile Golovatch, 1986
Neocambrisoma cachinnus Shear and Mesibov, 1997
Neocambrisoma fieldensis Shear and Mesibov, 1997
Nesiothrix mangana Shear and Mesibov, 1997
Nesiothrix medialis Shear and Mesibov, 1997
Nesiothrix tasmanica (Golovatch, 1986)
Reginaterreuma tarkinensis Shear and Mesibov, 1995
Family Peterjohnsiidae
Peterjohnsia titan Shear and Mesibov, 1994
Order Polydesmida
Family Dalodesmidae
Atalopharetra bashfordi Mesibov, 2005
Atalopharetra clarkei Mesibov, 2005
Atalopharetra eberhardi Mesibov, 2005
Atalopharetra johnsi Mesibov, 2005
Atrophotergum bonhami Mesibov, 2004
Atrophotergum montanum Mesibov, 2004
Atrophotergum pastorale Mesibov, 2004
Atrophotergum silvaticum Mesibov, 2004
Atrophotergum sodalis Mesibov, 2004
Atrophotergum wurrawurraense Mesibov, 2004
Bromodesmus catrionae Mesibov, 2004
Bromodesmus militaris Mesibov, 2004
Bromodesmus riparius Mesibov, 2004
Bromodesmus rufus Mesibov, 2004
Dasystigma bonhami Mesibov, 2003
Dasystigma huonense Mesibov, 2003
Dasystigma margaretae (Jeekel, 1984)
Dasystigma tyleri Mesibov, 2003
Dysmicodesmus jeekeli Mesibov, 2010
Gasterogramma austrinum Mesibov, 2003
Gasterogramma extremum Mesibov, 2003
Gasterogramma imber Mesibov, 2003
Gasterogramma plomleyi Mesibov, 2003
Gasterogramma psi Jeekel, 1982
Gasterogramma rusticum Mesibov, 2003
Gasterogramma tarkinense Mesibov, 2003
Gasterogramma wynyardense Mesibov, 2003
Ginglymodesmus penelopae Mesibov, 2005
Ginglymodesmus sumac Mesibov, 2005
Ginglymodesmus tasmanianus Mesibov, 2005
Kebodesmus zonarius Mesibov and Rodriguez, 2020
Lissodesmus adrianae Jeekel, 1984
Lissodesmus alisonae Jeekel, 1984
Lissodesmus anas Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus bashfordi Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus clivulus Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus cognatus Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus cornutus Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus devexus Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus hamatus Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus horridomontis Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus inopinatus Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus latus Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus modestus Chamberlin, 1920
Lissodesmus montanus Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus nivalis Mesibov, 2018
Lissodesmus orarius Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus peninsulensis Mesibov, 2006
Lissodesmus perporosus Jeekel, 1984
Lissodesmus piscator Mesibov, 2019
Lissodesmus plomleyi Mesibov, 2006
Setoisenoton pallidus Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma alces Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma anubis Mesibov, 2015
Tasmaniosoma armatum Verhoeff, 1936
Tasmaniosoma aureorivum Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma australe Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma barbatulum Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma bruniense Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma cacofonix Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma clarksonorum Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma compitale Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma decussatum Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma fasciculum Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma fragile Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma gerdiorivum Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma hesperium Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma hickmanorum Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma interfluminum Mesibov, 2015
Tasmaniosoma laccobium Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma maria Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma nicolaus Mesibov, 2015
Tasmaniosoma orientale Mesibov, 2010
Tasmaniosoma warra Mesibov, 2010
Tasmanodesmus hardyi Chamberlin, 1920
Tasmanopeltis grandis Mesibov, 2006
Family uncertain within suborder Dalodesmidea
Asphalidesmus golovatchi Mesibov, 2009
Asphalidesmus leae Silvestri, 1910
Asphalidesmus parvus (Chamberlin, 1920)
Noteremus infimus Mesibov, 2009
Noteremus summus Mesibov, 2009
Paredrodesmus aceriodendron Mesibov, 2003
Paredrodesmus australis Mesibov, 2003
Paredrodesmus bicalcar Mesibov, 2003
Paredrodesmus monticolus Mesibov, 2003
Paredrodesmus purpureus Mesibov, 2003
Paredrodesmus taurulus Mesibov, 2003
Procophorella bashfordi Mesibov, 2003
Procophorella innupta Mesibov, 2003
Family Paradoxosomatidae
Aethalosoma solum Jeekel, 2006
(I) Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert and de Saussure, 1869)
Dicranogonus pix Jeekel, 1982
Notodesmus scotius Chamberlin, 1920
Pogonosternum jeekeli Decker in Decker et al., 2017
Pogonosternum nigrovirgatum (Carl, 1902)
Somethus mesibovi Jeekel, 2006
Somethus tasmani Jeekel, 2006
(I) Taxidiotisoma portabile Mesibov and Car, 2015
Family Polydesmidae
(I) Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
Order Julida
Family Blaniulidae
(I) Blaniulus guttulatus (Fabricius, 1798)
(I) Choneiulus palmatus (Němec, 1895)
Family Julidae
(I) Brachyiulus pusillus (Leach, 1815)
(I) Cylindroiulus spp
(I) Ommatoiulus moreleti (Lucas, 1860)
(I) Ophyiulus spp