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Trichopetalidae

Trichopetalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments. There are 7 genera and at 43 species accepted in the family Trichopetalidae.

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Trichopetalidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Cleidogonoidea
Family: Trichopetalidae
Verhoeff, 1914

Trichopetalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).12 There are 7 genera and at 43 species accepted in the family Trichopetalidae.34567

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Trichopetalidae:8

  • Causeyella Shear, 2003
  • Mexiterpes Causey, 1963
  • Nannopetalum Shear, 2003
  • Scoterpes Cope, 1872
  • Trichopetalum Harger, 1872
  • Trigenotyla Causey, 1951
  • Zygonopus Ryder, 1881
References

References

  1. 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.
  2. Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 9789004156128.
  3. "Trichopetalidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. "Trichopetalidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. "Trichopetalidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  6. "Browse Trichopetalidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  7. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  8. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 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.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.