Hirudisomatidae Explained

Hirudisomatidae is a family of colobognathan millipedes in the order Polyzoniida. The approximately 20 species occur from Spain to the Himalayas in Eurasia, Japan, and in North America from southwest Canada to central Mexico.^[1]

Genera

• Catharosoma
• Hirudisoma
• Hypozonium
• Mexiconium
• Nepalozonium
• Octoglena
• Orsiboe

Notes and References

1. Web site: Geographic distribution of Millipede Families. Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. 25 October 2013. 30 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130085051/https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/Identification_Table_3.pdf. dead.