Dorypetalum

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Dorypetalum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Callipodida
Family:
Dorypetalidae
Genus:
Dorypetalum

Verhoeff, 1900

Dorypetalum is a genus of millipedes in the family Dorypetalidae. The seven species of Dorypetalum are found throughout the Balkan peninsula, the Carpathian mountains and Asia Minor.[1]

Species[]

There are currently seven described species in the genus:[2][1]

  • (Verhoeff, 1897)
  • Hoffman & Lohmander, 1964
  • Strasser, 1966
  • (Latzel, 1884)
  • Stoev & Enghoff, 2006
  • Hoffman & Lohmander, 1964
  • Verhoeff, 1900

References[]

  1. ^ a b STOEV, PAVEL; ENGHOFF, HENRIK (2003-08-22). "Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of genus Balkanopetalum Verhoeff, 1926 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae)". Zootaxa. 272 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.272.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  2. ^ Chitty, John R. (2006-03-31). "Myriapods (Centipedes and Millipedes)". Invertebrate Medicine: 195–203. doi:10.1002/9780470344606.ch13. ISBN 9780813818443.
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