Biology:Megalotylidae

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Megalotylidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1][2][3] This family includes 36 species in two genera.[4][5] These millipedes are found from the Himalayas to the Russian Far East and southeast Asia.[6] This family is notable for including some of the largest species in the order Chordeumatida, including one species (Nepalella grandis) reaching 42 mm in length.[4]

Taxonomy

The Russian zoologist Sergei I. Golovatch first proposed this family in 1978 to contain the newly discovered genus Megalotyla.[1][7] In 1979, the American zoologist William A. Shear originally described the genus Nepalella under the family Conotylidae,[8] but in 1983, Golovatch proposed including this genus in the family Megalotylidae instead.[9][7][4] Since then, authorities writing about the genus Nepalella have consistently placed this genus in the family Megalotylidae.[10][7][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][4][5] Despite this longstanding consensus in the literature, some references instead list the genus Nepalella under the family Lankasomatidae.[19][20][21]

Distribution

The genus Megalotyla includes two species found in the Russian Far East and North Korea. The genus Nepalella contains 34 species with a more southern distribution: Eighteen species of Nepalella are found in southern China, ten others in Nepal, three more in Thailand, two more in Myanmar, and one more in northern Vietnam.[4][5]

Description

Millipedes in this family, including the genus Nepalella as well as the genus Megalotyla, range from 10 mm to 42 mm in length. Adults have either 28 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). The anterior gonopods in this family are markedly reduced, sometimes leaving only the sternum.[6]

The two genera in this family are distinguished by the degree to which the anterior gonopods are reduced. In the genus Nepalella, these gonopods are reduced to a small central sternum with two lateral spikes. In the genus Megalotyla, the sternal plate is larger, but the lateral spikes are entirely absent.[4]

Genera

This family includes two genera:[6][4]

  • Megalotyla Golovatch & Mikhaljova, 1978
  • Nepalella Shear, 1979

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MilliBase - Megalotylidae Golovatch, 1978". https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888742. 
  2. ↑ "Megalotylidae Golovatch, 1978 | COL". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7NJXF. 
  3. ↑ "Megalotylidae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/3998. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Likhitrakarn, Natdanai; Golovatch, Sergei I.; Panha, Somsak (2022-02-01). "The Oriental millipede genus Nepalella Shear, 1979, with the description of a new species from Thailand and an updated key (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae)" (in en). ZooKeys (1084): 183–199 [183–184, 187–188, 197]. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1084.78744. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 35233169. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mikhaljova, Elena V. (2022-10-20). "Contributions to the millipede fauna of China: five new species of the genus Nepalella Shear, 1979 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae)" (in en). Zootaxa 5196 (3): 388–406 [388–389, 405]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5196.3.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 37045072. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5196.3.4. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview" (in en). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8. https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004188273/B9789004188273_017.xml. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Shear, William A. (1999). "A new troglobitic milliped of the genus Nepalella from China (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae)". Myriapodologica 6 (1): 1–10 [2]. https://www.vmnh.net/content/vmnh/uploads/PDFs/research_and_collections/myriapodologica/myriapodologica_v6_1.pdf. 
  8. ↑ Shear, William A. (1979). "Diplopoda from the Nepal Himalayas. Chordeumida with comments on the Asian chordeumid fauna". Senckenbergiana Biologica 60 (1/2): 115–130 [126]. 
  9. ↑ Golovatch, S.I. (1983). "Contributions to the millipede fauna of Vietnam (Diplopoda) I. Chordeumatida". Acta Zoologica Hungarica 29 (1–3): 123–127 [126]. https://real-j.mtak.hu/4324/1/ActaZoologica_29.pdf. 
  10. ↑ Mauriès, Jean-Paul (1988). "Myriapodes du Népal. II. Diplopodes Craspedosomides nouveaux de l'Himalaya et de la région indo-malaise (Craspedosomidea et Chordeumidea)" (in French). Revue suisse de zoologie 95: 3–49 [26]. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79638. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/79638. 
  11. ↑ Shear, William A. (2002). "Five new chordeumatidan millipeds from China: new species of Vieteuma (Kashmirieumatidae) and Nepalella (Megalotylidae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4th Series 53: 63–72. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/53021. 
  12. ↑ Golovatch, Sergei I.; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques; Mauries, Jean-Paul (2006). "Four new Chordeumatida (Diplopoda) from caves in China" (in en). Zoosystema 28 (1): 75–92 [77]. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/28/1/quatre-nouveaux-chordeumatida-diplopoda-de-grottes-de-chine. 
  13. ↑ Golovatch, Sergei I.; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques; Mauriès, Jean-Paul (2006). "Several new or poorly-known cavernicolous millipedes (Diplopoda) from southern China". Arthropoda Selecta 15 (2): 81–89 [81]. https://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/ArthropodaSelecta/15/15_2_081_089_Golovatch.pdf. 
  14. ↑ Beron, Petar (2016). "High Altitude Isopoda' Arachnida and Myriapoda in the Old World (supplementa and corrigenda 2008-2016)". Historia naturalis bulgarica 23: 141–155 [152]. https://www.nmnhs.com/historia-naturalis-bulgarica/pdfs/000393000232016.pdf. 
  15. ↑ Liu, Weixin; Wesener, Thomas; Golovatch, Sergei; Tian, Mingyi (2017-03-16). "Contributions to the millipede genus Nepalella Shear, 1979 from China, with four new species and first results on phylogeny based on DNA-barcoding (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae)" (in en). Zootaxa 4243 (3): 455–482. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28610139. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4243.3.3. 
  16. ↑ Liu, Weixin; Golovatch, Sergei; Wesener, Thomas; Tian, Mingyi (2017-02-08). "Convergent Evolution of Unique Morphological Adaptations to a Subterranean Environment in Cave Millipedes (Diplopoda)" (in en). PLOS ONE 12 (2): e0170717 [3, 5]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0170717. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 28178274. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1270717L. 
  17. ↑ Golovatch, Sergei I.; Martens, Jochen (2018-03-07). "Distribution, diversity patterns and faunogenesis of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Himalayas" (in en). ZooKeys (741): 3–34 [9, 23]. doi:10.3897/zookeys.741.20041. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 29706770. 
  18. ↑ Golovatch, Sergei I.; Liu, Weixin (2020-04-28). "Diversity, distribution patterns, and fauno-genesis of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of mainland China" (in en). ZooKeys (930): 153–198 [164, 176]. doi:10.3897/zookeys.930.47513. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 32390752. Bibcode: 2020ZooK..930..153G. 
  19. ↑ Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J.. "MilliBase - Nepalella Shear, 1979". https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892098. 
  20. ↑ "Nepalella Shear, 1979 | COL". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7PQ89. 
  21. ↑ "Nepalella Shear, 1979" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1023203. 

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