Rhiscosomides is a genus of small millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. The genus contains seven described species, and is the only genus in the family Rhiscosomididae.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Family: | Rhiscosomididae |
| Genus: | Rhiscosomides Silvestri, 1909 |
Rhiscosomides millipedes are native to western North America.[4] Adult millipedes in this family are small, and have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[5][6]
Species
edit- Rhiscosomides acovescor Shear, 1972
- Rhiscosomides benedictae Shear, 1973
- Rhiscosomides josephi Chamberlin, 1941
- Rhiscosomides malcomi Shear, 1973
- Rhiscosomides meineri Silvestri, 1909
- Rhiscosomides montereum Chamberlin, 1910
- Rhiscosomides trinitarium Shear, 1973
References
edit- ^ "Rhiscosomididae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Browse Rhiscosomididae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ "Rhiscosomides". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_01. ISBN 978-90-04-15612-8.
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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