Cleidogonidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 28, 29, or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[1] This family includes the genus Tianella, notable for featuring adult millipedes with 29 segments, a number not found in the adults of any other chordeumatidan species.[1] Adults in most Tianella species have 29 segments, but adults in two (T. daamsae and T. mananga) have only 28 segments.[2] In the Tianella species with 29 segments, adult females have 48 pairs of legs,[2] as one would expect in adult female chordeumatidans with one segment fewer than the 30 usually found in this order.[1] There are seven genera and at least 140 described species in Cleidogonidae.[3][4][5][6]
| Cleidogonidae | |
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| Cleidogona, member species of Cleidogonidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Superfamily: | Cleidogonoidea |
| Family: | Cleidogonidae Cook, 1896 |
Genera edit
- Cabraca Shear, 1982
- Cleidogona Cook, 1895
- Dybasia Loomis, 1964
- Pseudotremia Cope, 1869
- Solaenogona Hoffman, 1950
- Tianella Attems, 1904
- Tiganogona Chamberlin, 1928
References edit
- ^ a b c 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. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
- ^ a b Mauriès, Jean-Paul (1988). "Myriapodes du Népal. II. Diplopodes Craspedosomides nouveaux de l'Himalaya et de la région indo-malaise (Craspedosomidea et Chordeumidea)". Revue suisse de zoologie (in French). 95: 3–49. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.79638. ISSN 0035-418X – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "MilliBase - Cleidogonidae Cook, 1896". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
- ^ "Cleidogonidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Cleidogonidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
Further reading edit
- Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 59. Pensoft.
- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
- Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
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