Boraria

Boraria
Boraria infesta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Tribe:	Rhysodesmini
Genus:	Boraria Chamberlin, 1943

Boraria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about seven described species in Boraria. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Boraria:

• Boraria carolina (Chamberlin, 1939)
• Boraria deturkiana (Causey, 1942)
• Boraria geniculata Chamberlin
• Boraria infesta (Chamberlin, 1918)
• Boraria media (Chamberlin, 1918)
• Boraria profuga (Causey, 1955)
• Boraria stricta (Brölemann, 1896)

References

1. "Boraria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Boraria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Boraria genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• 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 2018-04-30.

External links

• Media related to Boraria at Wikimedia Commons