Andrognathidae Explained

Andrognathidae is a family of millipede in the order Platydesmida. There are about 17 genera and more than 30 described species in Andrognathidae.

Genera

These 17 genera belong to the family Andrognathidae:

• Andrognathus Cope, 1869
• Bazillozonium Verhoeff, 1935
• Brachycybe Wood, 1864
• Dolistenus Fanzago, 1874
• Ebenostenus Mauriès, 2015
• Fioria Silvestri, 1898
• Gosodesmus Chamberlin, 1922
• Ischnocybe Cook & Loomis, 1928
• Mitocybe Cook & Loomis, 1928
• Phaeacobius Attems
• Plutodesmus Silvestri, 1903
• Pseudodesmus Pocock, 1887
• Sinocybe Loomis, 1942
• Symphyopleurium Attems, 1951
• Trichozonium
• Yamasinaium Verhoeff, 1939
• Zinaceps

Further reading

• Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group. 2012. Brewer . M. S.. Sierwald . P.. Bond . J. E.. PLOS ONE. 7. 5. e37240. 10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. 2012PLoSO...737240B. 3352885. 22615951. free.
• Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review. 2009. Golovatch. Sergei I.. Kime. R. Desmond. Soil Organisms. 81. 565–597. 2020-01-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230452/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/soilorganisms/volume_81_3/24_golovatch.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead.
• Book: Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. 1999. Hoffman . Richard L.. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8. 9781884549120.
• Book: Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. 2015. Minelli . Alessandro. Brill. 978-9004156128.
• Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny. 2007. Sierwald . Petra. Bond . Jason E.. Annual Review of Entomology. 52. 401–420. 10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. 17163800.