Trichopetalidae

Trichopetalidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Chordeumatida
Superfamily:	Cleidogonoidea
Family:	Trichopetalidae Verhoeff, 1914

Trichopetalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). ^{[1] [2]} There are 7 genera and at 43 species accepted in the family Trichopetalidae. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Trichopetalidae: ^[8]

• Causeyella Shear, 2003
• Mexiterpes Causey, 1963
• Nannopetalum Shear, 2003
• Scoterpes Cope, 1872
• Trichopetalum Harger, 1872
• Trigenotyla Causey, 1951
• Zygonopus Ryder, 1881

References

1. Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
2. 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. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN   9789004156128.
3. "Trichopetalidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Trichopetalidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
5. "Trichopetalidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
6. "Browse Trichopetalidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
7. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals" . Retrieved 2018-02-23.
8. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-09-09.

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.