| Gomphodesmidae | |
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| Tymbodesmus falcatus from Burkina Faso | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Suborder: | Leptodesmidea |
| Superfamily: | Xystodesmoidea |
| Family: | Gomphodesmidae Cook, 1896 |
| Synonyms | |
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Eurydesminae Attems, 1898 | |
Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species.12 The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia.3
Genera
- Aenictogomphus
- Agrophogonus
- Antiphonus
- Astrodesmus
- Auliscodesmus
- Aulodesmus
- Brachytelopus
- Clastrotylus
- Diallagmogon
- Elaphogonus
- Emphysemastix
- Emplectomastix
- Endecaporus
- Erythranassa
- Euporogomphus
- Euryzonus
- Exaesiotylus
- Exochopyge
- Giryama
- Gomphodesmus
- Haplogomphodesmus
- Hapsidodesmus
- Harmodesmus
- Helictogomphus
- Ionidesmus
- Ithynteria
- Kilimagomphus
- Litogonopus
- Marptodesmus
- Masaigomphus
- Merodesmus
- Mitumbagomphus
- Molyrogomphus
- Mychodesmus
- Nematogomphus
- Neodesmus
- Ngurubates
- Ovoidesmus
- Pogoro
- Proagomphus
- Protastrodesmus
- Protyligmagon
- Scaptogonodesmus
- Schizogomphodesmus
- Sigmodesmus
- Sigodesmus
- Sphenodesmus
- Stenotyligma
- Streptelopus
- Tycodesmus
- Tymbodesmus
- Ulodesmus
- Uluguria
- Usambaranus
- Vaalogomphus
- Virungula
References
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" (PDF). Zootaxa: 159–164.
- Catalogue of Life 2014 checklist
- "Geographic distribution of Millipede Families" (PDF). Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2014.