Gomphodesmidae

Gomphodesmidae
Tymbodesmus falcatus from Burkina Faso
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Suborder:	Leptodesmidea
Superfamily:	Xystodesmoidea
Family:	Gomphodesmidae Cook, 1896
Synonyms
Eurydesminae Attems, 1898

Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species. ^{[1] [2]} The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia. ^[3]

Genera

• Aenictogomphus
• Agrophogonus
• Antiphonus
• Astrodesmus
• Auliscodesmus
• Aulodesmus
• Brachytelopus
• Clastrotylus
• Diallagmogon
• Elaphogonus
• Emphysemastix
• Emplectomastix
• Endecaporus
• Erythranassa
• Euporogomphus
• Euryzonus
• Exaesiotylus
• Exochopyge
• Giryama
• Gomphodesmus
• Haplogomphodesmus
• Hapsidodesmus
• Harmodesmus
• Helictogomphus
• Ionidesmus
• Ithynteria
• Kilimagomphus
• Litogonopus
• Marptodesmus
• Masaigomphus
• Merodesmus
• Mitumbagomphus
• Molyrogomphus
• Mychodesmus
• Nematogomphus
• Neodesmus
• Ngurubates
• Ovoidesmus
• Pogoro
• Proagomphus
• Protastrodesmus
• Protyligmagon
• Scaptogonodesmus
• Schizogomphodesmus
• Sigmodesmus
• Sigodesmus
• Sphenodesmus
• Stenotyligma
• Streptelopus
• Tycodesmus
• Tymbodesmus
• Ulodesmus
• Uluguria
• Usambaranus
• Vaalogomphus
• Virungula

References

1. Shear, W (2011). Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa: 159–164.
2. Catalogue of Life 2014 checklist
3. "Geographic distribution of Millipede Families" (PDF). Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.