Bollmania Explained

Bollmania should not be confused with Bollmannia.

Bollmania is a genus of millipedes with around six species occurring from Central through East Asia, including Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and China.^{[1] [2]} The genus was established by entomologist Filippo Silvestri in 1896, and is named in honor of Charles Harvey Bollman.^[3] Bollmania is the sole genus of the family Caspiopetalidae.^{[4] [5]}

Species and their distribution include:^[1]

• Bollmania beroni - China
• Bollmania gracilis - Iran
• Bollmania kohalana - Pakistan
• Bollmania nematogona - Iran
• Bollmania nodifrons - Tajikistan
• Bollmania oblonga - Tajikistan
• Bollmania serrata - Tajikistan

Notes and References

1. Stoev. Pavel. Enghoff. Henrik. A new cave-dwelling millipede of the genus Bollmania Silvestri, 1896 from Yunnan, China, with remarks on the reduction of the second female leg-pair (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Caspiopetalidae). Journal of Natural History. 2005. 39. 21. 1875–1891. 10.1080/00222930400025896. 84776001 .
2. Golovatch. Sergei I.. A contribution to the millipede fauna of Iran (Diplopoda). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie. 1981. 85. 157–169. 41766661.
3. Silvestri. Filippo. I Diplopodi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 1896. 2. 36. 150.
4. Shear . W. . Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness . . 2011 . 3148 . 159–164 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.32 .
5. Book: Alessandro Minelli. Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda. Volume 2. 2015. BRILL. 978-90-04-18827-3. 423–.