Eutrichodesmus is a
genus of
millipedes in the family
Haplodesmidae, containing at least 32 species in China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia.[2] One of these species (Eutrichodesmus peculiaris) exhibits
sexual dimorphism in segments number: The adult females have 20 segments (including the
telson), but the adult males have only 19.[3]
Hoffman, R. L. 1977: The systematic position of the diplopod family Doratodesmidae, and description of a new genus from Malaya (Polydesmida). Pacific insects, 17: 247-255.
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Hoffman, R. L. 1982: A new genus and species of doratodesmid milliped from Thailand. Archives des sciences (Geneva), 35(1): 87-93.
Murakami, Y. 1966: Postembryonic development of the common Myriapoda in Japan XXI. A new genus of the family Oniscodesmidae and a new species of the genus Arachandrodesmus (Cryptodesmidae). Zoological magazine, 75(2): 30-33.
Silvestri, F. 1910: Descrizione preliminari di nuovi generi di Diplopodi. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 35: 357-364.