Xystocheir
| Xystocheir | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polydesmida |
| Family: | Xystodesmidae |
| Genus: | Xystocheir Cook, 1904 |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cheirauxus Chamberlin, 1949 | |
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
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Shelley, R. M. (1996). Revision of the milliped genus Xystocheir Cook (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(7) 1336-63.
- ↑ Xystocheir. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
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