Xystocheir

Xystocheir
Xystocheir dissecta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Tribe:	Xystocheirini
Genus:	Xystocheir Cook, 1904
Species
see text
Synonyms
CheirauxusChamberlin, 1949 DelocheirChamberlin, 1949 PaimokiaChamberlin, 1941

Xystocheir is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. The genus is endemic to California in the United States, where it is distributed in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada. ^[1]

Since a 1996 revision there have been 9 species classified in the genus: ^{[2] [3]}

• Xystocheir bistipita
• Xystocheir brachymacris
• Xystocheir dissecta
• Xystocheir modestior
• Xystocheir prolixorama
• Xystocheir reducta
• Xystocheir solenofurcata
• Xystocheir stenomacris
• Xystocheir stolonifera

References

1. Shelley, R. M., et al. (2014). Variation and pigmentation in the milliped, Xystocheir brachymacris Shelley, 1996, from the northern Sierra Nevada foothills, California, USA (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae: Xystocheirini). Insecta Mundi 2014 0371.
2. Shelley, R. M. (1996). Revision of the milliped genus Xystocheir Cook (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(7) 1336-63.
3. Xystocheir. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

External links

• Marek, P., et al. A Species Catalog of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Special Publication 17. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 2014. pp 66–68.