Caseyidae

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Caseyidae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily:
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).[1][2] There are about 7 genera and at least 40 described species in Caseyidae.[3][4][5][6][7]

Genera[]

  • Cook & Collins, 1895
  • Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Gardner & Shelley, 1989
  • Opiona Chamberlin, 1951
  • Causey, 1954
  • Underwoodia Cook & Collins, 1895
  • Vasingtona Chamberlin, 1941

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: 103–234.
  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.
  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[]

  • 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.


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