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Dorypetalidae

Dorypetalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Callipodida. The family contains at least 4 genera and about 10 species.

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Dorypetalidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Callipodida
Suborder: Schizopetalidea
Family: Dorypetalidae
Verhoeff, 1900
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Dorypetalidae is a family of millipedes in the order Callipodida. The family contains at least 4 genera and about 10 species.1

Genera

There are four known genera divided into two subfamilies:12

Subfamily Dorypetalinae

Subfamily Cyphocallipodinae

References

References

  1. Stoev, P., & Enghoff, H. (2006). A review of the millipede genus Dorypetalum Verhoeff, 1900 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Dorypetalidae). Zootaxa, 1254(1), 29-43.
  2. Gilgado, José Domingo; Martínez-Pillado, Virginia; Prieto, Carlos E. (2020-09-08). "A new green-coloured Lusitanipus Mauriès, 1978 from the Iberian Peninsula (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Dorypetalidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (714). doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.714. ISSN 2118-9773.