Anthroleucosomatidae

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Anthroleucosomatidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Anthroleucosomatoidea
Family: Anthroleucosomatidae
Verhoeff, 1899

Anthroleucosomatidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. [1] [2] This family includes more than 100 species distributed among 40 genera. [3] This family has a mostly Holarctic distribution, with the greatest diversity in the area around the Mediterranean sea. [4]

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Description

These millipedes range from 3.5 mm to 28 mm in length. Both the anterior and posterior gonopods lack flagella. The posterior gonopods are much simpler, with a strong plate-like sternum and normally one to three segments. [4] Adult millipedes in this family have 26, 28, 30, or 31 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). [5] [4] This family includes Metamastigophorophyllon , notable as the only chordeumatidan genus with 31 segments. [6] [5]

Genera

The family Anthroleucosomatidae includes the following genera: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "MilliBase - Anthroleucosomatidae Verhoeff, 1899". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  2. ↑ "Anthroleucosomatidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  3. ↑ "Anthroleucosomatidae Verhoeff, 1899 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  4. 1 2 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 [410]. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN   9789004188273.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ Antić, Dragan Ž; Makarov, Slobodan E. (2016-12-22). "The Caucasus as a major hotspot of biodiversity: Evidence from the millipede family Anthroleucosomatidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida)". Zootaxa. 4211 (1): 1–205. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4211.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   28006792.
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