Golovatchiidae Explained

Golovatchiidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] This family contains a single species, Golovatchia magda. This species ranges from 15 mm to 17 mm in length and is found in the Russian Far East.[2] Adult millipedes of this species have 30 segments (including the collum, the telson, and the rings in between).[3] In the adult male of this species, the gonopod complex involves three leg pairs (pairs 8 through 10) rather than just the two (pairs 8 and 9) that are usually modified into gonopods this order.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golovatchiidae . www.gbif.org . 6 June 2021 . en.
  2. Book: Enghoff, Henrik . The Myriapoda . Golovatch . Sergei . Short . Megan . Stoev . Pavel . Wesener . Thomas . Koninklijke Brill NV . 2015 . 978 90 04 15612 8 . Minelli . Alessandro . 2 . Leiden, The Netherlands . 412 . Diplopoda — Taxanomic Overview.
  3. Shear. William A.. 1992. Golovatchia, new genus, and Golovatchiidae, from the Far East of the Russian Republic, with a comment on Hoffmaneumatidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatidae). Myriapodologica. 3. 4 . 25–36.

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