Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow 119071, Russia .
Zootaxa. 2021 Nov 18;5068(4):572-578. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.4.6.
Revision of Pyrgodesmus obscurus Pocock, 1892, the only, and type species of Pyrgodesmus Pocock, 1892, shows that the genus currently includes two species, P. obscurus and P. permutatus (Attems, 1936), comb. nov. ex Klimakodesmus Carl, 1932. Both species are properly illustrated and both seem to be endemic to Sri Lanka. Pyrgodesmus is rediagnosed viz--viz the presumably especially similar and likewise oligotypic genus Klimakodesmus from southern India.
修订 Pyrgodesmus obscurus Pocock, 1892,即 Pyrgodesmus Pocock, 1892 的唯一模式种和模式种,表明该属目前包括两个物种,P. obscurus 和 P. permutatus (Attems, 1936),组合新种,ex Klimakodesmus Carl, 1932。这两个物种都有适当的插图,而且似乎都是斯里兰卡的特有种。Pyrgodesmus 被重新定义,与来自印度南部的假定特别相似且同样寡型的 Klimakodesmus 属进行了比较。