Xystodesmidae

Xystodesmidae
Apheloria virginiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Suborder: Leptodesmidea
Superfamily: Xystodesmoidea
Family: Xystodesmidae
Cook, 1895
Subfamilies

Melaphinae
Parafontariinae
Xystodesminae

Diversity
c. 60 genera, 300+ species
Synonyms

Fontariidae Attems, 1926
Eurydesmidae Chamberlin, 1950

Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the suborder Leptodesmidea within the order Polydesmida (the "flat-backed" or "keeled" millipedes).[1] The family Xystodesmidae was created by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1895 and named after the genus Xystodesmus.[2][3] This family includes more than 390 known species distributed among 62 genera.[1] Many species, however, remain undescribed: for example, it is estimated that the genus Nannaria contains over 200 species, but only 25 were described as of 2006.[4] By 2022, 78 species in Nannaria have been described.[5]

  1. ^ a b Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015). "Diplopoda — Taxonomic Overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Vol. 2. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 399. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.
  2. ^ Cook, O.F. (1895). "Introductory note on the families of Diplopoda". In Cook, O.F.; Collins, G.N. (eds.). The Craspedosomatidae of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Vol. 9. New York: New York Academy of Sciences. pp. 1–9 [5].
  3. ^ "MilliBase - Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Marek was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hennen, Derek A.; Means, Jackson C.; Marek, Paul E. (2022). "A revision of the wilsoni species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)". ZooKeys (1096): 17–118. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1096.73485. PMC 9033750. PMID 35837667.