Pauropodidae

Pauropodidae
An unidentified species under a microscope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Pauropoda
Order: Tetramerocerata
Family: Pauropodidae
Lubbock, 1867

Pauropodidae is the most diverse family of pauropods, containing 27 genera and more than 800 species.[1][2] This family has a subcosmopolitan distribution.[1] These pauropods usually live in the soil on mountains and hills.[3] This family also includes the only known fossil pauropod (Eopauropus).[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c Scheller, Ulf (2008). "A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)". International Journal of Myriapodology. 1 (1): 1–38. doi:10.1163/187525408X316730. ISSN 1875-2535.
  2. ^ "ITIS - Report: Pauropodidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  3. ^ a b Hua Guo; Hong-Ying Sun; Chang-Yuan Qian; Hong Shen; Kai-Ya Zhou (2010). "A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Pauropodinae (Myriapoda: Pauropoda: Pauropodidae) from China". Zoological Science. 27 (11): 895–899. doi:10.2108/zsj.27.895. PMID 21039130. S2CID 42544817.