Entomobielziidae

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Entomobielziidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Cleidogonoidea
Family: Entomobielziidae

Entomobielziidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. [1] This family includes 18 species, including 13 in the genus Tianella . [2] Millipedes in this family are found in Romania, central Asia, and the Himalayas. [3]

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Description

Millipedes in this family feature highly reduced paranota. The posterior gonopods are leglike, usually with five segments and a claw. [3] This family includes the genus Tianella, notable for featuring adult millipedes with 29 segments, a number not found in the adults of any other chordeumatidan genus. [4] Adults in most Tianella species have 29 segments. [5]

Genera

This family includes three genera: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "MilliBase - Entomobielziidae Verhoeff, 1899". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  2. ↑ "Entomobielziidae Verhoeff, 1899 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  3. 1 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 [413]. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN   9789004156128.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Mauriès, Jean-Paul (1988). "Myriapodes du Népal. II. Diplopodes Craspedosomides nouveaux de l'Himalaya et de la région indo-malaise (Craspedosomidea et Chordeumidea)". Revue suisse de zoologie (in French). 95: 3–49. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.79638 . ISSN   0035-418X – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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