Brachypauropodidae Explained

Brachypauropodidae is a family of pauropods.[1] This family has a nearly worldwide distribution. Pauropods in this family are found on all continents except South America and Antarctica.

Description

Pauropods in this family feature an entire first tergite, but at least the next three tergites are each divided into four to six sclerites. The pygidial sternum has two or three pairs of setae.[2] Like most adult pauropods in the order Tetramerocerata,[3] most adults in this family have nine pairs of legs, but adults in two genera, Aletopauropus and Zygopauropus, have only eight pairs of legs.[4] All legs have five segments.

Genera

This family includes 33 species distributed among the following seven genera:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Scheller . Ulf . 2011 . Pauropoda . Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1 . en . 467–508 . 10.1163/9789004188266_022.
  2. Scheller . Ulf . 2008 . A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda) . International Journal of Myriapodology . en . 1 . 1 . 1–38 . 10.1163/187525408X316730 . 1875-2535 . free.
  3. Enghoff . Henrik . Dohle . Wolfgang . Blower . J. Gordon . 1993 . Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 109 . 2 . 103–234 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
  4. Scheller . Ulf . 1985 . On the Classification of the Family Brachypauropodidae (Myriapoda; Pauropoda) . Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde . 55 . 1 . 202–208 . Naturalis Repository.
  5. Web site: ITIS - Report: Brachypauropodidae . 2024-02-23 . www.itis.gov . en-US.

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