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Iulomorphidae
Iulomorphidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida Spirostreptida is an order (biology), order of long, cylindrical millipedes. There are approximately 1000 described species, making Spirostreptida the third largest order of millipedes after Polydesmida and Chordeumatida. Description Spirostrept .... There are about 11 genera and more than 60 described species in Iulomorphidae. Genera These 11 genera belong to the family Iulomorphidae: * '' Amastigogonus'' Brölemann, 1913 * '' Atelomastix'' Attems, 1911 * '' Dinocambala'' Attems, 1911 * '' Euethogonus'' * '' Eumastigonus'' Chamberlin, 1920 * '' Iulomorpha'' Porat, 1872 * '' Merioproscelum'' Verhoeff, 1924 * '' Podykipus'' Attems, 1911 * '' Samichus'' Attems, 1911 * '' Thaumaceratopus'' Verhoeff, 1924 * '' Victoriocambala'' Verhoeff, 1944,1944 References Spirostreptida Millipede families {{myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirostreptida
Spirostreptida is an order (biology), order of long, cylindrical millipedes. There are approximately 1000 described species, making Spirostreptida the third largest order of millipedes after Polydesmida and Chordeumatida. Description Spirostreptida are generally large, long and cylindrical, with 30 to 90 body rings. Eyes are present in most. This order contains the longest millipedes known: the giant African millipedes of the genus ''Archispirostreptus'' that may exceed . Distribution Spirostreptida contains mainly tropical species, and occurs in Africa, South Asia, Southern Asia to Japan, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere from the United States to Argentina. Evolutionary history Like most millipede groups, they have a fragmentary fossil record. The oldest record of the group is the extinct family Electrocambalidae, which is known from the Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous around 99 million years ago, which belongs to the subor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
