Petaserpes Explained

Petaserpes is a genus of millipedes in the family Polyzoniidae. There are about six described species in Petaserpes.

Species

These six species belong to the genus Petaserpes:

• Petaserpes bikermani (Causey, 1951)
• Petaserpes cryptocephalus (McNeill, 1887)
• Petaserpes lateralis (Shelley, 1976)
• Petaserpes mutabilis (Causey, 1951)
• Petaserpes rosalbus Cope, 1879
• Petaserpes strictus (Shelley, 1976)

Further reading

• Book: Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. 1999. Hoffman . Richard L.. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8. 9781884549120.
• Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review. 2009. Golovatch. Sergei I.. Kime. R. Desmond. Soil Organisms. 81. 565–597. 2018-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230452/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/soilorganisms/volume_81_3/24_golovatch.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead.