Striariidae Explained

Striariidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).^{[1] [2]} There are at least 3 genera and about 13 described species in Striariidae.^{[3] [4]}

Genera

There are currently three recognized genera in the family Striariidae:^{[5] [6]}

• Amplaria
• Striaria Bollman, 1888
• Vaferia Causey, 1958

Further reading

• Book: Lee . Paul. Harding . P.. 2006. Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Pensoft. 59.
• Book: Hoffman . Richard L.. 1999. Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
• Book: Foddai . Donatella. Dallai . Romano. 1995. Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.

Notes and References

1. Enghoff . Henrik . Dohle . Wolfgang . Blower . J. Gordon . 1993 . Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 109 . 2 . 103–234. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x .
2. 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. 9789004156128 .
3. Web site: Striariidae Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-23.
4. Web site: 2018-02-23. Shelley . R.M.. The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals.
5. Shear. William A.. Krejca. Jean K.. 2007-12-31. Revalidation of the milliped genus Amplaria Chamberlin 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae), and description of two new species from caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. 10.5281/ZENODO.177736.
6. SHEAR. WILLIAM A.. 2009-11-16. Buotidae, a new family for the minute North American milliped Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). Zootaxa. 2290. 1. 41–49. 10.11646/zootaxa.2290.1.4. 4833397 . 1175-5334. free.