Kirkayakidae Explained

Kirkayakidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. This family was formerly known as Altajellidae.[1] Adult millipedes in this family have 28 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last) rather than the 30 segments usually found in chordeumatidans.[2]

Taxonomy

The family contains the following four genera:[3]

This family was previously known as Altajellidae before genus Altajella was synonymised with Kirkayakus.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MilliBase - Altajellidae Mikhaljova & Golovatch, 2001 . 2022-03-04 . www.millibase.org.
  2. 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 . en . 363–453 . 10.1163/9789004188273_017.
  3. Web site: Altajellidae . www.gbif.org . 6 June 2021 . en.
  4. Özdikmen . H. . 2008 . New family and genus names, Kirkayakidae nom. nov. and Kirkayakus nom. nov., for the millipedes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida) . Munis Entomology and Zoology . 3 . 1 . 342-344 .

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