Phryssonotus

Phryssonotus Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Phryssonotus brevicapensis from South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polyxenida
Family:	Synxenidae
Genus:	Phryssonotus Scudder, 1885
Synonyms
Lophonotus Menge, 1854 Synxenus Silvestri, 1900 Kubanus Attems, 1926 Schindalmonotus Attems, 1926 Koubanus Attems, 1928

Phryssonotus is a genus of bristle millipedes containing around nine extant species. Species are characterized by the possession of dark, rear-projecting scale-shaped bristles (trichomes) on the tergites; all other bristles are long and hairlike. ^[1] Adults in this genus have 17 pairs of legs, except for the species Phryssonotus brevicapensis, in which they have only 15 pairs of legs. ^[1]

Species

• Phryssonotus brevicapensis
• Phryssonotus burmiticus
• Phryssonotus capensis
• Phryssonotus chilensis
• Phryssonotus cubanus
• Phryssonotus hystrix
• Phryssonotus novaehollandiae
• Phryssonotus orientalis
• Phryssonotus platycephalus
• † Phryssonotus burmiticus Cockerell 1917 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• † Phryssonotus hystrix Menge 1854 Baltic amber, Eocene

References

1. Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique; Uys, Charmaine; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2011). "Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa)". ZooKeys (156): 85–103. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.156.2211 . PMC   3253573 . PMID   22303097.