Siphonocryptida

Siphonocryptida
	Siphonocryptus zigzag
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Subclass:	Chilognatha
Infraclass:	Helminthomorpha
Subterclass:	Colobognatha
Order:	Siphonocryptida; Cook, 1895
Family:	Siphonocryptidae; Pocock, 1894
Genera
	Hirudicryptus; Siphonocryptus
Synonyms
	Siphonocryptini

Siphonocryptida is an order of millipedes, comprising the sole family Siphonocryptidae. With only seven described species, the Siphonocryptida is the second smallest millipede order, surpassed only by Siphoniulida, with two species.^[1] A 2026 paper found the order to be nested inside Polyzoniida.^[2]

Classification

Hirudicryptus Enghoff & Golovatch, 1995
- Hirudicryptus canariensis (Loksa, 1967) - Canary Islands
- Hirudicryptus taiwanensis Korsós et al., 2008 - Taiwan
- Hirudicryptus quintumelementum Korsós et al., 2009 - Nepal
- Hirudicryptus abchasicus Golovatch, Evsyukov & Reip, 2015 - NW Caucasus
Siphonocryptus Pocock, 1894
- Siphonocryptus compactus Pocock, 1894 - Sumatra
- Siphonocryptus latior Enghoff & Golovatch, 1995 - Peninsular Malaysia
- Siphonocryptus zigzag Enghoff, 2010 - Pahang

References

↑ Enghoff, H (2010). "A new strikingly coloured species of Siphonocryptus, sixth of its order (Diplopoda: Siphonocryptida)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2681: 66–68.
↑ Vasquez-Valverde, Luisa F.; Sierwald, Petra; Shear, William A.; Oromí, Pedro; García, Rafael; Schmale, David G.; Rodriguez, Juanita; Kasson, Matt T.; Bueno-Villegas, Julián; Marek, Paul E. (June 2026). "Reshaping the millipede tree of life by inclusion of the last two unsampled orders". Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2026.05.035.