Scytonotus

Scytonotus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Polydesmidae
Genus:	Scytonotus Koch, 1847

Scytonotus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Polydesmidae. There are about 17 described species in Scytonotus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Scytonotus:

• Scytonotus australis Hoffman, 1962
• Scytonotus bergrothi Chamberlin, 1911
• Scytonotus cavernarus Bollman, 1887
• Scytonotus columbianus Chamberlin, 1920
• Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821) (granulated millipede)
• Scytonotus inornatus Shelley, 1994
• Scytonotus insulanus Attems, 1931
• Scytonotus laevicollis Koch, 1847
• Scytonotus michauxi Hoffman, 1962
• Scytonotus multituberculatus (Carl, 1905)
• Scytonotus nodulosus Koch, 1847
• Scytonotus orthodox Chamberlin, 1925
• Scytonotus pallidus Attems, 1931
• Scytonotus piger Chamberlin, 1910
• Scytonotus scabricollis Koch & C.L., 1847
• Scytonotus simplex Chamberlin, 1941
• Scytonotus virginicus (Loomis, 1943)

References

1. "Scytonotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Scytonotus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Scytonotus 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.