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Entomobielziidae

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Family of millipedes

Entomobielziidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Cleidogonoidea
Family: Entomobielziidae

Entomobielziidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. This family includes 18 species, including 13 in the genus Tianella. Millipedes in this family are found in Romania, central Asia, and the Himalayas.

Description

Millipedes in this family feature highly reduced paranota. The posterior gonopods are leglike, with five segments and a claw. This family includes the genus Tianella, notable for featuring adult millipedes with 29 segments, a number not found in the adults of any other chordeumatidan genus. Adults in most Tianella species have 29 segments.

Genera

This family includes three genera:

References

  1. ^ "MilliBase - Entomobielziidae Verhoeff, 1899". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  2. "Entomobielziidae Verhoeff, 1899 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  3. ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453 . doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 9789004156128.
  4. Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
  5. Mauriès, Jean-Paul (1988). "Myriapodes du Népal. II. Diplopodes Craspedosomides nouveaux de l'Himalaya et de la région indo-malaise (Craspedosomidea et Chordeumidea)". Revue suisse de zoologie (in French). 95: 3–49. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79638. ISSN 0035-418X – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Taxon identifiers
Entomobielziidae
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