Pauropodidae is the most diverse family of pauropods, containing 27 genera and more than 800 species.[1][2] This family has a subcosmopolitan distribution.[1] These pauropods usually live in the soil on mountains and hills.[3] This family also includes the only known fossil pauropod (Eopauropus).[1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Pauropoda |
| Order: | Tetramerocerata |
| Family: | Pauropodidae Lubbock, 1867 |
Description
editPauropods in this family are generally whitish and small, less than 2 mm in length.[4][3] These pauropods feature a sternal antennal branch with one seta and one globulus (i.e., spheroid sense organ), setae on the head and tergites that are usually tapering or cylindrical, and a single anal plate.[4][1] Like most adult pauropods in the order Tetramerocerata,[5] most adults in this family have 9 pairs of legs, but adults in one genus, Cauvetauropus, have only 8 pairs of legs, and female adults in another genus, Decapauropus, have either 9 or 10 pairs of legs.[1] The first and last pairs of legs have five segments. In most genera, the remaining legs have six segments instead, but in some genera, all legs may have five segments.[4]
Genera
editThis family includes 814 species distributed among 27 genera:[2]
- Afrauropus Remy, 1959
- Allopauropus Silvestri, 1902
- Angkapauropus Scheller, 2011
- Ataktopauropus Scheller, 2012
- Cauvetauropus Remy, 1952
- Dasongius Sun & Guo, 2015
- Decapauropus Remy, 1931
- Desmopauropus Scheller, 2005
- Donzelotauropus Remy, 1957
- Eburnipauropus Scheller, 2008
- Ferepauropus Scheller, 2008
- Hemipauropus Silvestri, 1902
- Hystrichopauropus Remy, 1942
- Juxtapauropus Scheller, 2007
- Kionopauropus Scheller, 2009
- Monopauropus Remy, 1953
- Multipauropus Scheller, 1977
- Neopauropus Kishida, 1928
- Nesopauropus Scheller, 1997
- Pauropus Lubbock, 1867
- Perissopauropus Scheller, 1997
- Pounamupauropus Scheller, 2012
- Propepauropus Scheller, 1985
- Rabaudauropus Remy, 1953
- Scleropauropus Silvestri, 1902
- Stylopauropoides Remy, 1956
- Stylopauropus Cook, 1896
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Scheller, Ulf (2008). "A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)". International Journal of Myriapodology. 1 (1): 1–38. doi:10.1163/187525408X316730. ISSN 1875-2535.
- ^ a b "ITIS - Report: Pauropodidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ a b c Hua Guo; Hong-Ying Sun; Chang-Yuan Qian; Hong Shen; Kai-Ya Zhou (2010). "A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Pauropodinae (Myriapoda: Pauropoda: Pauropodidae) from China". Zoological Science. 27 (11): 895–899. doi:10.2108/zsj.27.895. PMID 21039130. S2CID 42544817.
- ^ a b c Scheller, Ulf (2011). "Pauropoda". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1: 467–508. doi:10.1163/9789004188266_022.
- ^ 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.
External links
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