Heptium

Heptium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Callipodida
Family:	Tynommatidae
Tribe:	Colactidini
Genus:	Heptium Loomis, 1937

Heptium is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Schizopetalidae. There are at least two described species in Heptium. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Heptium carinellum Loomis, 1937
• Heptium scamillatum Loomis, 1937

References

1. "Browse Heptium". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
2. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals" . Retrieved 2018-02-24.

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.