Siphonotidae

Siphonotidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polyzoniida
Family:	Siphonotidae Cook, 1895

Siphonotidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyzoniida. ^{[1] [2] [3]} This family includes more than 70 species distributed among 13 genera. ^[4] These millipedes are found in South America, South Africa, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. ^[5]

Description

Millipedes in this family have a narrow telson and are quick and active. The male gonopore is located behind the second leg pair. The most distal (sixth) segment of each leg features an accessory claw. ^[5]

Genera

This family includes the following genera: ^[6]

• Bdellotus Cook, 1895
• Burinia Attems, 1926
• Cylichnogaster Verhoeff, 1937
• Eumillipes Marek, 2021
• Metriozonium Attems, 1951
• Rhinotus Cook, 1896
• Rhynchomecogaster Verhoeff, 1937
• Siphonethus Chamberlin, 1920
• Siphonoconus Attems, 1930
• Siphonothinus Silvestri, 1903
• Siphonotus Brandt, 1837
• Theratta Anilkumar, Wesener & Moritz, 2022
• Upsima Chamberlin, 1945

Orsilochus is a taxonomic synonym of Rhinotus. ^[6]

References

1. "ITIS - Report: Siphonotidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
2. "Family Siphonotidae". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
3. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Siphonotidae Cook, 1895 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
5. 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: 363–453 [389]. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN   9789004188273.
6. "MilliBase - Siphonotidae Cook, 1895". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.

Further reading

• Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 59. Pensoft.
• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
• Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.