Xystocheirini Explained

Xystocheirini is a tribe of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about 5 genera and more than 40 described species in Xystocheirini.

Genera

These five genera belong to the tribe Xystocheirini:

• Anombrocheir Buckett & Gardner, 1969
• Motyxia Chamberlin, 1941
• Parcipromus Shelley, 1995
• Wamokia Chamberlin, 1941
• Xystocheir Cook, 1904

Further reading

• Book: Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. 1999. Hoffman . Richard L.. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8. 9781884549120.
• Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group. 2012. Brewer . M. S.. Sierwald . P.. Bond . J. E.. PLOS ONE. 7. 5. e37240. 10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. 2012PLoSO...737240B. 3352885. 22615951. free.
• Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny. 2007. Sierwald . Petra. Bond . Jason E.. Annual Review of Entomology. 52. 401–420. 10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. 17163800.
• Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review. 2009. Golovatch . Sergei I.. Kime . R. Desmond. Soil Organisms. 81. 565–597.
• Book: Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. 2015. Minelli . Alessandro. Brill. 978-9004156128.