Spirostreptidae Explained

Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles.^[1] It contains the following genera:

• Analocostreptus
• Anastreptus
• Anethoporus
• Archispirostreptus
• Attemsostreptus
• Aulonopygus
• Autostreptus
• Bicoxidens
• Brasilostreptus
• Brevitibius
• Bucinogonus
• Calathostreptus
• Calostreptus
• Camaricoproctus
• Cearostreptus
• Chamberlineptus
• Charactopygus
• Cladodeptus
• Cladostreptus
• Cochleostreptus
• Cochliogonus
• Collostreptus
• Conchostreptus
• Demangeptus
• Diaporus
• Dicyclostreptus
• Eiphorus
• Ellateptus
• Epistreptus
• Eumekius
• Exallostreptus
• Exospermastix
• Exospermitius
• Furcillogonus
• Globanus
• Gonepityche
• Graphidostreptus
• Guanabarastreptus
• Guanabarostreptus
• Guaporeptus
• Guviogonus
• Guyanostreptus
• Gymnostreptus
• Haplogonopus
• Helicogonus
• Helicosolenus
• Hemigymnostreptus
• Heteropyge
• Heterostreptus
• Humilistreptus
• Involverostreptus
• Ischiotrichus
• Isophyllostreptus
• Isoporostreptus
• Kartinikus
• Kochliogonopus
• Kochliogonus
• Krugerostreptus
• Lobogonus
• Lophogonus
• Lophostreptus
• Mardonius
• Mayastreptus
• Megagymnostreptus
• Megaskamma
• Metagonocoelius
• Metriostreptus
• Microtrullius
• Minasgonus
• Myostreptus
• Nanostreptus
• Nesostreptus
• Obelostreptus
• Odontostreptus
• Onychostreptus
• Ophistreptoides
• Ophistreptus
• Oreastreptus
• Orthogoneptus
• Orthoporoides
• Orthoporus
• Paulistostreptus
• Pemptoporus
• Perizonopus
• Perustreptus
• Phallorthus
• Plagiotaphrus
• Plusioporus
• Porostreptus
• Pseudogymnostreptus
• Pseudotibiozus
• Ptenogonostreptus
• Ptilostreptus
• Rhamphostreptus
• Rhapidostreptus
• Rhodesiostreptus
• Rondostreptus^[2]
• Rubanostreptus
• Rutabulogonus
• Sagmatostreptus
• Scaphiostreptus
• Sechelleptus
• Skytostreptus
• Sooretama
• Sphaeromerus
• Spirocyclistus
• Spiropoeus
• Spirostreptus
• Stenostreptus
• Streptolus
• Synophryostreptus
• Telodeinopus
• Telomicropus
• Termatodiscus
• Tibiozus
• Tomogonus
• Torynopus
• Trachystreptus
• Triaenostreptus
• Trichogonostreptus
• Tropitrachelus
• Tubostreptus
• Udzungwastreptus^[3]
• Urostreptus
• Urotropis
• Venezueneptus
• Vilcastreptus
• Zantekius

Notes and References

1. Hoffman . R. L. . Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America . Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications . 1999 . 8 . 1–553.
2. Richard L. Hoffmann . 2011 . Rondostreptus, a new spirostreptid genus from southeastern Tanzania (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae) . . 2779 . 63–68 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2779.1.3 . PDF excerpt.
3. Web site: A mountain of millipedes XI. The trachystreptoform spirostreptids of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). 10.5852/ejt.2024.918.2405. free. 2024-01-22. 2024-05-10. Enghoff, H.. Ngute, A.S.. Kwezaura, R.L.. Laizzer, R.L.. Lyatuu, H.M.. Mhagawale, W.. Mnendendo, H.R.. Marshall, A.R..