Gomphodesmidae Explained
Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species.[1] [2] The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia.[3]
Genera
- Aenictogomphus
- Agrophogonus
- Antiphonus
- Astrodesmus
- Auliscodesmus
- Aulodesmus
- Brachytelopus
- Clastrotylus
- Diallagmogon
- Elaphogonus
- Emphysemastix
- Emplectomastix
- Endecaporus
- Erythranassa
- Euporogomphus
- Euryzonus
- Exaesiotylus
- Exochopyge
- Giryama
- Gomphodesmus
- Haplogomphodesmus
- Hapsidodesmus
- Harmodesmus
- Helictogomphus
- Ionidesmus
- Ithynteria
- Kilimagomphus
- Litogonopus
- Marptodesmus
- Masaigomphus
- Merodesmus
- Mitumbagomphus
- Molyrogomphus
- Mychodesmus
- Nematogomphus
- Neodesmus
- Ngurubates
- Ovoidesmus
- Pogoro
- Proagomphus
- Protastrodesmus
- Protyligmagon
- Scaptogonodesmus
- Schizogomphodesmus
- Sigmodesmus
- Sigodesmus
- Sphenodesmus
- Stenotyligma
- Streptelopus
- Tycodesmus
- Tymbodesmus
- Ulodesmus
- Uluguria
- Usambaranus
- Vaalogomphus
- Virungula
Notes and References
- Shear. W. Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. 2011. Zootaxa. 159–164. Zhang, Z.-Q..
- http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17061253 Catalogue of Life 2014 checklist
- Web site: Geographic distribution of Millipede Families. Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. 9 November 2014. 30 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130085051/https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/Identification_Table_3.pdf. dead.
