Rhachodesmidae

Rhachodesmidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Suborder:	Leptodesmidea
Family:	Rhachodesmidae; , 1903

Rhachodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are more than 20 genera and at least 80 described species in Rhachodesmidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Genera[]

These 21 genera belong to the family Rhachodesmidae:

Carl, 1902
Attems, 1898
Chamberlin, 1942
Loomis, 1977
Attems, 1931
Chamberlin, 1922
Shelley, 1997
Chamberlin, 1953
Chamberlin, 1952
Loomis, 1977
Carl, 1903
Pocock, 1909
De Saussure, 1860
Cook, 1895
Chamberlin, 1941
De Saussure, 1859
Chamberlin, 1942
Loomis, 1961
Chamberlin, 1952
Causey, 1971

References[]

^ "Rhachodesmidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
^ "Rhachodesmidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading[]

Brewer, M. S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J. E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLOS ONE. 7 (5): e37240. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...737240B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. PMC 3352885. PMID 22615951.
Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81 (3): 565–597.
Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID 17163800.

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[itis-1] "Rhachodesmidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

[gbif-2] "Rhachodesmidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

[Shelley-3] Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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