Caseyidae

Caseyidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Chordeumatida
Superfamily:	Caseyoidea
Family:	Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909

Caseyidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). ^{[1] [2]} There are about 7 genera and at least 40 described species in Caseyidae. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Genera

• Caseya Cook & Collins, 1895
• Metopiona Gardner & Shelley, 1989
• Ochrogramma Gardner & Shelley, 1989
• Opiona Chamberlin, 1951
• Speoseya Causey, 1954
• Underwoodia Cook & Collins, 1895
• Vasingtona Chamberlin, 1941

References

1. 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.
2. 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. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN   9789004156128.
3. "Caseyidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Caseyidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
5. "Caseyidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
6. "Browse Caseyidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
7. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals" . Retrieved 2018-02-23.

Further reading

• Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 59. Pensoft.
• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
• Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.