Xystocheirini
| Xystocheirini | |
|---|---|
| |
| Motyxia monica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Family: | Xystodesmidae |
| Tribe: | Xystocheirini Cook, 1904 |
Xystocheirini is a tribe of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about 5 genera and more than 40 described species in Xystocheirini.[1][2][3]
Genera[edit]
These five genera belong to the tribe Xystocheirini:
- Anombrocheir Buckett & Gardner, 1969
- Motyxia Chamberlin, 1941
- Parcipromus Shelley, 1995
- Wamokia Chamberlin, 1941
- Xystocheir Cook, 1904
References[edit]
- ^ "Xystocheirini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Xystocheirini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading[edit]
- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
- Brewer, M. S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J. E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLOS ONE. 7 (5): e37240. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...737240B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. PMC 3352885. PMID 22615951.
- Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID 17163800.
- Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597.
- Minelli, Alessandro, ed. (2015). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill. ISBN 978-9004156128.
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