Tynommatidae

Tynommatidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Callipodida
Family:	Tynommatidae

Tynommatidae is a family of millipedes in the order Callipodida. There are about 12 genera and more than 30 described species in Tynommatidae, found mainly in western North America. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Tynommatidae was formerly considered a subfamily (Tynommatinae) of Schizopetalidae, but has been elevated in rank to family, and includes North American millipedes from the family Schizopetalidae. ^[3]

Genera

These 12 genera belong to the family Tynommatidae:

• Aspidiophon Shelley, 2000
• Caliactis Shelley, 1996
• Colactis Loomis, 1937
• Colactoides Shelley, 1997
• Diactis Loomis, 1937
• Etiron Chamberlin, 1941
• Florea Shelley, 1996
• Heptium Loomis, 1937
• Idrionaria Shelley, 1996
• Mexicopetalum Stoev & Shelley, 2009
• Texophon Chamberlin, 1946
• Tynomma Loomis, 1937

References

1. "Tynommatidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
2. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals" . Retrieved 2019-02-18.
3. Shelley, Rowland M.; Richart, Casey (2014). "Tynommatidae, n. stat., a family American millipeds: Hypotheses affinities; tribal elevations; rediagnoses Loomis, 1937, and Florea and Caliactis, Shelley, 1996; and description of (Callipodida: Schizopetalidea)". Insecta Mundi. 845.

Further reading

• Brewer, M.S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J.E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLOS One . 7 (5): e37240. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...737240B. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037240 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3352885 . PMID   22615951.
• Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R.Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597.
• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. ISBN   9781884549120.
• Minelli, Alessandro, ed. (2015). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill. ISBN   978-9004156128.
• Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID   17163800.