Tynommatidae
Appearance
Tynommatidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Callipodida |
Family: | Tynommatidae |
Tynommatidae is a family of millipedes in the order Callipodida. There are about 12 genera and more than 30 described species in Tynommatidae, found mainly in western North America.[1][2][3]
Tynommatidae was formerly considered a subfamily (Tynommatinae) of Schizopetalidae, but has been elevated in rank to family, and includes North American millipedes from the family Schizopetalidae.[3]
Genera
These 12 genera belong to the family Tynommatidae:
- Aspidiophon Shelley, 2000
- Caliactis Shelley, 1996
- Colactis Loomis, 1937
- Colactoides Shelley, 1997
- Diactis Loomis, 1937
- Etiron Chamberlin, 1941
- Florea Shelley, 1996
- Heptium Loomis, 1937
- Idrionaria Shelley, 1996
- Mexicopetalum Stoev & Shelley, 2009
- Texophon Chamberlin, 1946
- Tynomma Loomis, 1937
References
- ^ "Tynommatidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ a b Shelley, Rowland M.; Richart, Casey (2014). "Tynommatidae, n. stat., a family American millipeds: Hypotheses affinities; tribal elevations; rediagnoses Loomis, 1937, and Florea and Caliactis, Shelley, 1996; and description of (Callipodida: Schizopetalidea)". Insecta Mundi. 845.
Further reading
- 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. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3352885. PMID 22615951.
- Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R.Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597.
- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. ISBN 9781884549120.
- Minelli, Alessandro, ed. (2015). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill. ISBN 978-9004156128.
- 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.