Andrognathus Explained

Andrognathus is a genus of North American millipedes in the family Andrognathidae, containing three species: A. corticarius, A. grubbsi, and A. hoffmani.[1] The fossil species Andrognathus burmiticus is known from approximately 99 million year old Burmese amber from Myanmar, showing that the genus had a much wider distribution in the past.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Shorter . Patricia L. . Hennen . Derek A. . Marek . Paul E. . Cryptic diversity in Andrognathus corticarius Cope, 1869 and description of a new Andrognathus species from New Mexico (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae) . ZooKeys . 2018 . 786 . 19–41 . 10.3897/zookeys.786.27631. 30283233 . 6168611 . free . 2018ZooK..786...19S .
  2. Moritz. Leif. Wesener. Thomas. September 2019. The first known fossils of the Platydesmida—an extant American genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Diplopoda: Platydesmida: Andrognathidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution. en. 19. 3. 423–433. 10.1007/s13127-019-00408-0. 195744191. 1439-6092.

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