Trichopetalidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Chordeumatida |
Superfamily: | Cleidogonoidea |
Family: | Trichopetalidae Verhoeff, 1914 |
Trichopetalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). There are about 5 genera and at least 30 described species in Trichopetalidae.
Genera
- Causeyella
- Mexiterpes Causey, 1963
- Scoterpes Cope, 1872
- Trichopetalum Harger, 1872
- Trigenotyla Causey, 1951
References
- 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.
- 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.
- "Trichopetalidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- "Trichopetalidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- "Trichopetalidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- "Browse Trichopetalidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
Further reading
- Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 59. Pensoft.
- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
- Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
Taxon identifiers | |
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