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Caseyidae

Caseyidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments. There are about 7 genera and at least 40 described species in Caseyidae.

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Caseyidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Caseyoidea
Family: Caseyidae
Verhoeff, 1909

Caseyidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).12 There are about 7 genera and at least 40 described species in Caseyidae.34567

Genera

  • Caseya Cook & Collins, 1895
  • Metopiona Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Ochrogramma Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona Chamberlin, 1951
  • Speoseya Causey, 1954
  • Underwoodia Cook & Collins, 1895
  • Vasingtona Chamberlin, 1941
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. "Caseyidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. "Caseyidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. "Caseyidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  6. "Browse Caseyidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  7. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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.