Polyxenidae Explained

Polyxenidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyxenida containing approximately 47 species in 19 genera.^{[1] [2]} All adults in this family have 13 pairs of legs.^[3]

Genera

• Allographis Silvestri 1948
• Anopsxenus Condé & Jacquemin 1963
• Chilexenus Silvestri 1948
• Eudigraphis Silvestri 1948
• Macroxenodes Silvestri 1948
• Macroxenus Brölemann 1917
• Mauritixenus Verhoeff 1939
• Mesoxenontus Silvestri 1948
• Miopsxenus Condé 1951
• Monographis Attems 1907
• Monoxenus Jones 1937
• Pauropsxenus Silvestri 1948 (Fossil species known from Burmese amber, Cenomanian)
• Pollyxenus Latreille 1802/1803
• Polyxenus Latzel 1884
• Propolyxenus Silvestri 1948
• Saroxenus Cook 1896
• Silvestrus Jones 1937
• Typhloxenus Condé 1955
• Unixenus Jones 1944
• †Electroxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004 Lebanese amber, Barremian
• †Libanoxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin and Azar 2004 Lebanese amber, Barremian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spelda. J. SysMyr: Systematic Myriapod Database (version Apr 2013).. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 17th October 2013. 24 October 2013.
2. Book: Shear, W.. Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844 . Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. 2011. . 3148 . 978-1-86977-850-7. 159–164. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p164.pdf. Zhang, Z.-Q..
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 .