Pachybolidae Explained
Pachybolidae is a family of round-backed millipedes of the order Spirobolida. The family includes 49 different genera.[1] [2] Two subfamilies are recognized.
Subfamilies
- Pachybolinae
- Spiromiminae
Genera
- Alluviobolus
- Aphistogoniulus
- Atlanticobolus
- Atopochetus
- Aulacobolus
- Brachyspirobolus
- Caprobolus
- Centrobolus
- Colossobolus
- Corallobolus
- Crurifarcimen
- Dactylobolus
- Dekanbolus
- Dichromatobolus
- Epibolus
- Epitrigoniulus
- Erythroprosopon
- Eucentrobolus
- Flagellobolus
- Gabolus
- Granitobolus
- Hadrobolus
- Hyperbolus
- Komphobolus
- Litostrophus
- Madabolus
- Metiche
- Microbolus
- Mystalides
- Neptunobolus
- Ostinobolus
- Pachybolus
- Parabolus
- Pelmatojulus
- Pseudocentrobolus
- Riotintobolus
- Sanguinobolus
- Spiromanes
- Spiromimus
- Stenobolus
- Titsonobolus
- Tonkinbolus
- Trachelomegalus
- Xenobolus
- Zehntnerobolus
References
- East African giant millipedes of the tribe Pachybolini (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)
- Revision of the millipede subfamily Spiromiminae, a Malagasy group with Indian connections? (Diplopoda Spirobolida Pachybolidae)
- Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'fire millipedes' (Diplopoda).
Notes and References
- Web site: Famaily Pachybolidae . Zootaxa . 19 December 2016.
- Wesener. Thomas. 2020-10-12. Dichromatobolus, a new genus of spirobolidan millipedes from Madagascar (Spirobolida, Pachybolidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 720. 107–120. 10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1119. 2118-9773. free.
