Mastigophorophyllidae Explained

Mastigophorophyllidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.^[1] Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).^{[2] [3]}

Genera

This family includes the following genera:^[4]

• Bucovinosoma Tabacaru, 1978
• Haploporatia Verhoeff, 1897
• Heterobraueria Verhoeff, 1897
• Karpatophyllon Jawłowski, 1928
• Mastigona Cook, 1895
• Mastigophorophyllon Verhoeff, 1897
• Paraporatia Ceuca, 1967
• Taurinosoma Verhoeff, 1932
• Tessinosoma Verhoeff, 1911
• Thaumaporatia Verhoeff, 1900

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mastigophorophyllidae . www.gbif.org . 13 May 2021 . en.
2. 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 .
3. Enghoff . Henrik . Golovatch . Sergei . Short . Megan . Stoev . Pavel . Wesener . Thomas . 2015-01-01 . Diplopoda — taxonomic overview . Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2 . en . 363–453 . 10.1163/9789004188273_017. 9789004188273 .
4. Web site: MilliBase - Mastigophorophyllidae Verhoeff, 1899 . 2022-03-04 . www.millibase.org.