Petaserpes

Petaserpes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polyzoniida
Family:	Polyzoniidae
Genus:	Petaserpes Cope, 1870

Petaserpes is a genus of millipedes in the family Polyzoniidae. There are about six described species in Petaserpes. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These six species belong to the genus Petaserpes:

• Petaserpes bikermani (Causey, 1951)
• Petaserpes cryptocephalus (McNeill, 1887)
• Petaserpes lateralis (Shelley, 1976)
• Petaserpes mutabilis (Causey, 1951)
• Petaserpes rosalbus Cope, 1879
• Petaserpes strictus (Shelley, 1976)

References

1. "Petaserpes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Petaserpes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Petaserpes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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 2018-04-21.