Pyrgodesmidae Explained

Pyrgodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. The family contains over 200 species distributed in tropics around the world.[1] [2] Some species are found only in ant colonies, and are considered obligate myrmecophiles.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Shear. W. Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. 2011. Zootaxa. 159–164. 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.32. Zhang, Z.-Q..
  2. Web site: Geographic distribution of Millipede Families. Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. 9 November 2014.
  3. Stoev, Pavel . Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena . 2005. Myriapods from ant nests in Bulgaria (Chilopoda, Diplopoda). Peckiana. 4. 131–142. 2014-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204903/http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/peckania/volume_2005/10_stoev.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead.

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