Blaniulidae Explained

Blaniulidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida. Members are long and thin, with a length:width ratio of up to 30:1. Eyes may be present or absent, and members have distinctive spots on each segment: the ozadenes or odiferous glands.^[1] The family contains the following genera:^[2]

• Acipes
• Alpiobates
• Archiboreoiulus
• Bilselibates
• Blaniulus
• Boreoiulus
• Choneiulus
• Gomphiocephalus
• Iberoiulus
• Microchoneiulus
• Nopoiulus
• Occitaniulus
• Orphanoiulus
• Proteroiulus
• Sardoblaniulus
• Tarracoblaniulus
• Thassoblaniulus
• Typhloblaniulus
• Vascoblaniulus
• Virgoiulus

Notes and References

1. Book: J. Gordon Blower. Millipedes: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species. Linnean Society of London. 1985. 105. 90-04-07698-0.
2. Web site: Blaniulidae: Classification . . University of Michigan Museum of Zoology . P. Myers . R. Espinosa . C. S. Parr. T. Jones . G. S. Hammond . T. A. Dewey . amp. 2013 . October 3, 2013.