On the identity of the enigmatic millipede genus Inodesmus Cook, 1896 (Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae) Author Romero-Rincon, Juan Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá, Colombia Author Alvear, Santiago Semillero de Investigación en Diversidad Funcional y Servicios Ecosistémicos - Grupo de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-15 5437 3 433 440 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.8 1175-5326 10985178 5E442D81-80CE-4E6B-9427-4EDF22DE74BB Inodesmus jamaicensis Cook, 1896 Figs 1 , 2 Inodesmus jamaicensis Cook 1896: 25 ; Attems 1898: 266; Loomis 1969: 144 ; Jeekel 1971: 310 ; Hoffman 1999: 483 . Diagnosis: Males possess a head + 19 rings, while females have a head + 20 rings. Adult males differ from other species of Inodesmus by their unmodified legs and gonopod structure. The telopodite ( Figs 1A–D ) exhibits the following features: pp slightly curved posteriorly, apical tab at is short, pointy, and bent posteriorly; dp directed laterobasally; mab divided into two wide triangular lobes. meb with two branches curving behind mab . Material examined Lectotype . JAMAICA ● ♁; Manchester , Mandeville, in a small cave, s.f.; H. Hubbard leg.; ( USNM-ENT01968074 ) . Lectotype designated herewith. Paralectotype . 1♁; same collection data as lectotype; ( USNM-ENT01968075 ) . Other material. JAMAICA ● ♁; Saint Thomas Parish , Blue Mountains Peak , 2200 m a.s.l. ; 1 June 1973 ; S. B. Peck leg.; ( FMNH-INS000001391 ) .