Neoatractosomatidae

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Neoatractosomatidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Neoatractosomatoidea
Family: Neoatractosomatidae

Neoatractosomatidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. [1] [2] [3] This family includes about two dozen species distributed among nine genera. [4] [2] These millipedes are found in southern central Europe and the Balkans. [4] [5]

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Description

Millipedes in this family range from 6 mm to 18 mm in length. These millipedes have 28 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). The anterior gonopods in this family feature a pair of flagella or bunches of rods. The posterior gonopods feature no flagella, and the distal elements (telopodites) of these gonopods are reduced to erect stumps. [4]

Genera

This family includes the following nine genera: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "MilliBase - Neoatractosomatidae Verhoeff, 1901". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  2. 1 2 "Neoatractosomatidae Verhoeff, 1901 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  3. ↑ "Neoatractosomatidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  4. 1 2 3 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, Brill, pp. 363–453, doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017, ISBN   978-90-04-18827-3 , retrieved 2024-06-09
  5. ↑ Kime, Richard Desmond; Enghoff, Henrik (2021-09-22). "Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 769: 1–244 [124]. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.769.1497. ISSN   2118-9773.
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