Biology:Pyrgodesmidae
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Short description: Family of millipedes
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| A pyrgodesmid in Singapore | |
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| Family: | Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
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Pyrgodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. The family contains over 200 species distributed in tropics around the world.[1][2] Some species are found only in ant colonies, and are considered obligate myrmecophiles.[3]
References
- ↑ Shear, W (2011). Zhang, Z.-Q.. ed. "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa: 159–164. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.32. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p164.pdf.
- ↑ "Geographic distribution of Millipede Families". Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. http://fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/Identification_Table_3.pdf. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ Stoev, Pavel; Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2005). "Myriapods from ant nests in Bulgaria (Chilopoda, Diplopoda)". Peckiana 4: 131–142. http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/peckania/volume_2005/10_stoev.pdf. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
Wikidata ☰ Q6447109 entry
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