Sigmoria

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Sigmoria
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Sigmoria, South Carolina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Subfamily: Rhysodesminae
Tribe: Apheloriini
Genus: Sigmoria
Chamberlin, 1939
Synonyms [1]
  • Brevigonus Shelley, 1980
  • Cheiropus Loomis, 1944
  • Cleptoria Chamberlin, 1939
  • Croatania Shelley, 1977
  • Dixioria Chamberlin, 1947
  • Dynoria Chamberlin, 1939
  • Falloria Hoffman, 1948
  • Furcillaria Shelley, 1981
  • Hubroria Keeton, 1960
  • Lyrranea Hoffman, 1963
  • Prionogonus Shelley, 1982
  • Sigiria Chamberlin, 1939
  • Stelgipus Loomis, 1944

Sigmoria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are more than 60 described species in Sigmoria, found in the eastern United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Sigmoria australis, Georgia Sigmoria australis - inat 265507040.jpg
Sigmoria australis, Georgia
Sigmoria latior munda, North Carolina Sigmoria latior munda - inat 845144.jpg
Sigmoria latior munda, North Carolina
Sigmoria nantahalae, North Carolina Sigmoria nantahalae - inat 83215550.jpg
Sigmoria nantahalae, North Carolina
Sigmoria trimaculata, Pennsylvania Sigmoria trimaculata Pennsylvania.jpg
Sigmoria trimaculata, Pennsylvania

Species

These 67 species belong to the genus Sigmoria: [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "ITIS report, Sigmoria" . Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  2. "GBIF, Sigmoria" . Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  3. "BugGuide.net, Sigmoria genus Information" . Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  4. 1 2 Sierwald, P.; Spelda, J. "Millibase". doi: 10.14284/370 . Retrieved 2021-09-22.

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