Hirudisomatidae

Hirudisomatidae
Octoglena bivirgata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Subclass: Chilognatha
Infraclass: Helminthomorpha
Order: Polyzoniida
Family: Hirudisomatidae
Silvestri, 1896

Hirudisomatidae is a family of colobognathan millipedes in the order Polyzoniida. The approximately 20 species occur from Spain to the Himalayas in Eurasia, Japan, and in North America from southwest Canada to central Mexico.[1]

Genera

References

  1. "Geographic distribution of Millipede Families" (PDF). Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
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