Cyphobrachyiulus

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Cyphobrachyiulus
Gonopods of Cyphobrachyiulus redikorzevi - scale bars 0.1 mm.png
Male gonopods (part of genitals) from Cyphobrachyiulus redikorzevi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Julida
Family: Julidae
Subfamily: Julinae
Tribe: Brachyiulini
Genus: Cyphobrachyiulus
Verhoeff, 1900 [1]
Type species
Brachyiulus argolicus
Verhoeff, 1900
Species

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Cyphobrachyiulus is a genus of millipedes in the family Julidae. It contains around 21 species. Members can be found in southwestern Russia, Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria. [2] [3]

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Description

Members of Cyphobrachyiulus have a length of 15–42 mm. They are generally dark and have a black dorsal line. They get lighter approaching the ventral side (the underside) where they may be somewhat beige. [2]

Species

The following species, arranged by subgenus, are included in Cyphobrachyiulus. [2] [3]

Subgenus Cyphobrachyiulus Verhoeff, 1900

Subgenus Acropoditius Strasser, 1980

Subgenus Diaxylus Attems, 1940

Subgenus Grusiniulus Lohmander, 1936

Subgenus Rhamphidoiulus Attems, 1905

Unassigned

References

  1. Verhoeff, Karl Wilhelm (1900). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss paläarktischer Myriopoden. XII. Aufsatz: Ueber Diplopoden aus Griechenland". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. 13 (2): 172–204 [191].
  2. 1 2 3 Vagalinski, Boyan; LazáNyi, Eszter (21 May 2018). "Revision of the millipede tribe Brachyiulini Verhoeff, 1909 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zootaxa. 4421 (1): 1–142. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4421.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   30313518.
  3. 1 2 Vagalinski, Boyan; Golovatch, Sergei I. (2021). "The millipede tribe Brachyiulini in the Caucasus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae)". ZooKeys (1058): 19–22. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1058....1V. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1058.68628 . PMC   8421324 . PMID   34557053.