Tridontomidae Explained

Tridontomidae is a small family of millipedes. Its members are endemic to Guatemala.[1] These millipedes range from 22 mm to 28 mm in length and are uniformly grayish in color; their legs and antennae are unusually long and slender.[2] This family includes the remarkable species Aenigmopus alatus, in which adult males feature no gonopods.[3] [4] This millipede is the only species in the infraclass Helminthomorpha without gonopods.[5]

The family is divided into the following genera:

Notes and References

  1. Hoffman. RL. Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 1999. 8. 411 .
  2. Book: Enghoff, Henrik . The Myriapoda . Golovatch . Sergei . Short . Megan . Stoev . Pavel . Wesener . Thomas . Koninklijke Brill NV . 2015 . 978 90 04 15612 8 . Minelli . Alessandro . 2 . Leiden, The Netherlands . 396 . Diplopoda — Taxanomic Overview.
  3. Web site: Mesibov. Robert. External Anatomy of Polydesmida: Body plans. 2022-02-20. myriapodology.org.
  4. Loomis. H. F.. Hoffman. Richard L.. 1962. A remarkable new family of spined polydesmoid Diplopoda, including a species lacking gonopods in the male sex. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 75. 145–158. 0006-324X. Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. 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.

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