Lankasomatidae
Lankasomatidae, is a millipede family in the suborder Heterochordeumatidea of order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 32 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last), not the 30 segments usually found in this order.[1] The family includes 11 species belongs to three genera.[2]
| Lankasomatidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Suborder: | |
| Superfamily: | Pygmaeosomatoidea |
| Family: | Lankasomatidae Mauriès 1978 |
| Diversity | |
| c. 3 genera, 11 species | |
Genera
- Cingalosoma
- Lankasoma
- Nepalella
References
- 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.
- "Phylogeny of Famaily Lankasomatidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.