Harpagomorpha (millipede)

Harpagomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Paradoxosomatidae
Genus: Harpagomorpha
Jeekel 1980
Binomial name
Harpagomorpha dentata
(Carl, 1932)
Synonyms

Orthomorpha dentata

Harpagomorpha is a genus of millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae containing a single species, H. dentata, known from the Nilgiri mountains, Southern India. H. dentata was originally described by Swiss zoologist Johann Carl in 1932 under the name Orthomorpha dentata, and transferred to its own genus by Dutch zoologist C. A. W. Jeekel in 1980.[1]

References

  1. Nguyen, A. D., & Sierwald, P. (2013). "A worldwide catalog of the family Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)". CheckList 9 (6): 1132–1353.
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