Sphaeriodesmidae

Sphaeriodesmidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Superfamily:	Sphaeriodesmoidea
Family:	Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869

Sphaeriodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are about 15 genera and at least 90 described species in Sphaeriodesmidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Genera

• Bonetesmus Chamberlin, 1942
• Colobodesmus Brolemann, 1905
• Cyclodesmus Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869
• Cylionus Cook, 1898
• Cyphodesmus Peters, 1864
• Desmonus Cook, 1898
• Eusphaeriodesmus Brolemann, 1916
• Haplocyclodesmus Attems, 1940
• Hybocestus Hoffman, 1959
• Ischnosphaeriodesmus Brolemann, 1916
• Lophocyclus Loomis, 1936
• Proeilodesmus Hoffman, 1990
• Sphaeriodesmus Peters, 1864
• Taphrodesmus Silvestri, 1910
• Tetraporosoma

Species

• Sphaeriodesmus filamentosus , Loomis, 1974 ^[6]

References

1. "Sphaeriodesmidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
2. "Sphaeriodesmidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
3. "Sphaeriodesmidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Browse Sphaeriodesmidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
5. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals" . Retrieved 2018-02-23.
6. H. F. Loomis (June 1974). "Millipedes from Southern Coast". The Florida Entomologist . 57 (2). Miami, Florida: 180. doi: 10.2307/3493479 . JSTOR   3493479. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2013.

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.