Harpagophoridae

Family of millipedes

Harpagophoridae
Phyllogonostreptus spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Harpagophoridae
Attems, 1909
Subfamilies
  • Adiaphorostreptinae
  • Harpagophorinae
  • Rhynchoproctinae

Harpagophoridae is a family of round-backed millipedes of the order Spirostreptida. The family includes 269 species belonging to 55 genera,[1] distributed in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the East Indies, as well as a few Indian Oceanic islands. Two subfamilies are recognized.[2]

Genera

There are about 55 genera (and 269 species):

  • Agaricogonopus
  • Alienostreptus
  • Anurostreptus
  • Apoctenophora
  • Armatostreptus
  • Balustreptus
  • Cambodjostreptus
  • Carlogonus
  • Cercostreptus
  • Cornugonus
  • Ctenorangoon
  • Cystogonopus
  • Dametus
  • Drepanopus
  • Duplopisthus
  • Eremobelus
  • Fageostreptus
  • Falcigonopus
  • Gnomognathus
  • Gongylorrhus
  • Gonoplectus
  • Harpagophora
  • Harpagophorella
  • Harpurostreptus
  • Heptischius
  • Humbertostreptus
  • Indiothauma
  • Janardananeptus
  • Junceustreptus
  • Karschopisthus
  • Ktenostreptus
  • Lamellostreptus
  • Leiotelus
  • Leptostreptus
  • Organognathus
  • Philoporatia
  • Phyllogonostreptus
  • Picrogonopus
  • Poratophilus[3]
  • Prominulostreptus
  • Remulopygus
  • Rhynchoproctus
  • Sculptulistreptus
  • Spissustreptus[4]
  • Spoliatogonus
  • Stenurostreptus
  • Thaiogonus
  • Thyroglutus
  • Thyropisthus
  • Thyropygus
  • Trigonostreptus
  • Tuberogonus
  • Uriunceustreptus
  • Winklerostreptus
  • Zinophora[5]

References

  1. ^ "Family Harpagophoridae". GBIF. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species" (PDF). African Invertebrates. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. ^ "The distribution of southern African Harpagophoridae Attems, 1909 (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida)" (PDF). African Invertebrates. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  4. ^ "A New Th yropygine Milliped from Sabah (Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)" (PDF). International Journal of Myriapodology. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. ^ Redman, Guy T.; Hamer, Michelle L.; Slotow, Robert H.; Barraclough, David A. (2010). "Description of Two New Species of Zinophora Chamberlin, 1927 (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae), with Discussion of Species Groups in the Genus". African Invertebrates. 51 (2). KwaZulu-Natal Museum: 385–396. doi:10.5733/afin.051.0207.
Taxon identifiers
Harpagophoridae
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