Montaphe

Montaphe
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Tribe:	Chonaphini
Genus:	Montaphe Chamberlin, 1949

Montaphe is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are at least two described species in Montaphe. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Montaphe:

• Montaphe elrodi (Chamberlin, 1913)
• Montaphe paraphoena Shelley, 1994

References

1. "Montaphe". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Montaphe". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Montaphe genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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 2018-05-02.