Trichopolydesmidae

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Trichopolydesmidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Trichopolydesmidae

Trichopolydesmidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Polydesmida. [1] Some authorities deem this family to include Fuhrmannodesmidae, Mastigonodesmidae, Macrosternodesmidae, and Nearctodesmidae as junior synonyms. [2] [3] Others adopt narrower definitions of this family, for example, including only Fuhrmannodesmidae and Mastigonodesmidae as synonyms. [4] [5]

Contents

Under the broader definition, this family includes about 140 species distributed among about 75 genera. These species are found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in the tropics but also in temperate regions. [3] About 80 species and 55 genera are tropical, whereas about 60 species and 20 genera are Holarctic. [2]

Description

Millipedes in this family (broadly defined) are small, ranging from 2 mm to 20 mm in length. These millipedes have 18, 19, or 20 segments, counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last. [6] [3] This family includes two genera ( Galliocookia and Occitanocookia ) notable for featuring sexual dimorphism in segment number: Adult females in these genera have the 20 segments usually found in this order, but adult males have only 19. [7] This family also includes the species Deharvengius bedosae , notable for being among the very few species in this order to feature adults with only 18 segments rather than the 20 segments usually found in polydesmids. [6]

Genera

This family includes the following genera: [1] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Trichopolydesmidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 Golovatch, Sergei (2013-10-04). "A reclassification of the millipede superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea, with descriptions of two new species from the Aegean region (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)". ZooKeys (340): 63–78 [74–76]. Bibcode:2013ZooK..340...63G. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.340.6295 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   3800799 . PMID   24146592.
  3. 1 2 3 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, Brill, pp. 363–453, doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017, ISBN   978-90-04-18827-3 , retrieved 2024-06-05
  4. ↑ "MilliBase - Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  5. ↑ "Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
  6. 1 2 Golovatch SI, Geoffroy JJ, VandenSpiegel D (2014-05-06). "Review of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae in the Oriental realm (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), with descriptions of new genera and species". ZooKeys (414): 19–65 [27–28, 46]. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.414.7671 . PMC   4086050 . PMID   25009416.
  7. ↑ Enghoff H, Dohle W, Blower JG (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.
  8. ↑ "MilliBase - Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
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