Harpagomorpha (millipede)

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Harpagomorpha
Scientific classification
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Diplopoda
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Harpagomorpha

Jeekel 1980
Binomial name
Harpagomorpha dentata
(Carl, 1932)
Synonyms

Orthomorpha dentata

Harpagomorpha is a genus of millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae containing a single species, H. dentata, known from the Nilgiri mountains, Southern India. H. dentata was originally described by Swiss zoologist in 1932 under the name Orthomorpha dentata, and transferred to its own genus by Dutch zoologist C. A. W. Jeekel in 1980.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Nguyen, A. D. & Sierwald, P. (2013). "A worldwide catalog of the family Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)". CheckList. 9 (6): 1132–1353. doi:10.15560/9.6.1132. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2014.


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