Xystocheir Explained

Xystocheir is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. The genus is endemic to California in the United States, where it is distributed in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada.^[1]

Since a 1996 revision there have been 9 species classified in the genus:^{[2] [3]}

• Xystocheir bistipita
• Xystocheir brachymacris
• Xystocheir dissecta
• Xystocheir modestior
• Xystocheir prolixorama
• Xystocheir reducta
• Xystocheir solenofurcata
• Xystocheir stenomacris
• Xystocheir stolonifera

External links

• Marek, P., et al. A Species Catalog of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Special Publication 17. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 2014. pp 66–68.

Notes and References

1. Shelley, R. M., et al. (2014). Variation and pigmentation in the milliped, Xystocheir brachymacris Shelley, 1996, from the northern Sierra Nevada foothills, California, USA (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae: Xystocheirini). Insecta Mundi 2014 0371.
2. Shelley, R. M. (1996). Revision of the milliped genus Xystocheir Cook (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(7) 1336-63.
3. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=569385 Xystocheir.