Howellaria

Howellaria
Howellaria infesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Tribe:	Rhysodesmini
Genus:	Howellaria Hoffman, 1950

Howellaria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about two described species in Howellaria. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Howellaria:

• Howellaria deturkiana (Causey, 1942)
• Howellaria infesta (Chamberlin, 1918) ^[4]

References

1. Means, Jackson C.; Hennen, Derek A.; Tanabe, Tsutomu; Marek, Paul E. (2021-03-01). "Phylogenetic systematics of the millipede family Xystodesmidae". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5 (2) 1: 1–26. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab003. hdl: 10919/102616 .
2. "Howellaria Hoffman, 1950". Millibase. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
3. Hoffman, R. L. (1950). "Records and descriptions of diplopods from the southern Appalachians". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 66 (1): 11–33.
4. McAllister, Chris T.; Remsen, David (2024-03-19). "A New State Record for the Milliped, Howellaria infesta (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)". Entomological News. 131 (2). doi:10.3157/021.131.0201. ISSN   0013-872X.

Further reading

• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN   9781884549120.
• Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-30.

External links

• Media related to Boraria at Wikimedia Commons