Leptodesmus deSaussure, 1859

Leptodesmus deSaussure, 1859: 323. Type species: Polydesmus carneus deSaussure, 1859; proposed as a subgenus of Polydesmus . Type species by subsequent designation of Pocock, 1910: 162; Attems, 1898: 369, 1901: 88; Brölemann, 1902a: 58; Pocock, 1910: 162 (status changed); Brölemann, 1916: 551; Schubart, 1944: 347, 1946: 187, 1953: 99; Kraus, 1954: 21; Hoffman, 1954: 220, 1971: 229, 1980: 152, in tribe Leptodesmini; 2009: 561, 2012: 103.

Goyazodesmus Schubart, 1952: 447 . Type species: G. cuspidatus Schubart, 1952: 448, by original designation. Schubart, 1958: 204. Hoffman, 1971: 229 (Syn.).