Caseyidae
| Caseyidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Superfamily: | Caseyoidea |
| Family: | Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909 |
Caseyidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[1][2] There are about 7 genera and at least 40 described species in Caseyidae.[3][4][5][6][7]
Genera
[edit]- Caseya Cook & Collins, 1895
- Metopiona Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Ochrogramma Gardner & Shelley, 1989
- Opiona Chamberlin, 1951
- Speoseya Causey, 1954
- Underwoodia Cook & Collins, 1895
- Vasingtona Chamberlin, 1941
References
[edit]- ↑ 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_017. ISBN 9789004156128.
- ↑ "Caseyidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ↑ "Caseyidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ↑ "Caseyidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ↑ "Browse Caseyidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ↑ Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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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