Biology:Rhiscosomides
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Rhiscosomides is a genus of small millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. The genus contains seven described species, and is the only genus in the family Rhiscosomididae.[1][2][3]
Rhiscosomides millipedes are native to western North America.[4] Adult millipedes in this family are small, and have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[5][6]
Species
- Rhiscosomides acovescor Shear, 1972
- Rhiscosomides benedictae Shear, 1973
- Rhiscosomides josephi Chamberlin, 1941
- Rhiscosomides malcomi Shear, 1973
- Rhiscosomides meineri Silvestri, 1909
- Rhiscosomides montereum Chamberlin, 1910
- Rhiscosomides trinitarium Shear, 1973
References
- ↑ "Rhiscosomididae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=569025.
- ↑ "Browse Rhiscosomididae". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/68d76428519a07a98d1989951f8b243d.
- ↑ Shelley, R.M.. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Nadiplochilo/Nadiplochilo.aspx.
- ↑ "Rhiscosomides". https://www.gbif.org/species/1023892.
- ↑ Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (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. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/109/2/103/2646268?redirectedFrom=fulltext.
- ↑ 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_01. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8. https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004188273/B9789004188273_017.xml.
Further reading
- Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. 59. Pensoft.
- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
- Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
- Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421.
Wikidata ☰ Q4307596 entry
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