Petaserpes
| Petaserpes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polyzoniida |
| Family: | Polyzoniidae |
| Genus: | Petaserpes Cope, 1870 |
Petaserpes is a genus of millipedes in the family Polyzoniidae. There are about six described species in Petaserpes.[1][2][3][4]
Species
[edit]These six species belong to the genus Petaserpes:
- Petaserpes bikermani (Causey, 1951)
- Petaserpes cryptocephalus (McNeill, 1887)
- Petaserpes lateralis (Shelley, 1976)
- Petaserpes mutabilis (Causey, 1951)
- Petaserpes rosalbus Cope, 1879
- Petaserpes strictus (Shelley, 1976)
References
[edit]- ^ "Petaserpes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Petaserpes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Petaserpes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ 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.
- Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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