Scytonotus

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Scytonotus
Millipede, Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia (49247536046).jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Polydesmidae
Genus: Scytonotus
Koch, 1847

Scytonotus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Polydesmidae. There are about 17 described species in Scytonotus.[1][2][3][4]

Species[]

These 17 species belong to the genus Scytonotus:

  • Hoffman, 1962
  • Scytonotus bergrothi Chamberlin, 1911
  • Bollman, 1887
  • Chamberlin, 1920
  • Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821) (granulated millipede)
  • Shelley, 1994
  • Attems, 1931
  • Koch, 1847
  • Hoffman, 1962
  • (Carl, 1905)
  • Koch, 1847
  • Chamberlin, 1925
  • Attems, 1931
  • Chamberlin, 1910
  • Koch & C.L., 1847
  • Chamberlin, 1941
  • (Loomis, 1943)

References[]

  1. ^ "Scytonotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Scytonotus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading[]

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597.


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