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Nearctodesmidae
Nearctodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are about 7 genera and 17 described species in Nearctodesmidae. Genera * '' Bistolodesmus'' Shelley, 1994 * '' Ergodesmus'' Chamberlin, 1949 * '' Harpogonopus'' * '' Kepolydesmus'' Chamberlin, 1910 * '' Leonardesmus'' * '' Nearctodesmus'' Silvestri, 1910 * '' Sakophallus'' Chamberlin, 1942 References Further reading * * * * Polydesmida Millipede families {{myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flat-backed Millipede
Polydesmida (from the Greek ''poly'' "many" and ''desmos'' "bond") is the largest order of millipedes, containing approximately 3,500 species, including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Description Members of the order Polydesmida are also known as "flat-backed millipedes", because on most species, each body segment has wide lateral keels known as paranota. These keels are produced by the posterior half (metazonite) of each body ring behind the collum. Polydesmids have no eyes, and vary in length from . Many of the larger species show bright coloration patterns which warn predators of their toxic secretions. Adults usually have 20 segments, counting the collum as the first ring and the telson as the last ring. Juveniles have from 7 to 19 rings. In species with the usual 20 segments, adult females have 31 pairs of legs, but in adult males, the eighth leg pair (the first leg pair of the 7th ring) is modified into a single pair of gonopods, leaving o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polydesmida
Polydesmida (from the Greek language, Greek ''poly'' "many" and ''desmos'' "bond") is the largest order (biology), order of millipedes, containing approximately 3,500 species, including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Description Members of the order Polydesmida are also known as "flat-backed millipedes", because on most species, each body segment has wide lateral keels known as paranota. These keels are produced by the posterior half (metazonite) of each body ring behind the collum (millipedes), collum. Polydesmids have no eyes, and vary in length from . Many of the larger species show bright coloration patterns which warn predators of their toxic secretions. Adults usually have 20 segments, counting the collum as the first ring and the telson as the last ring. juvenile (organism), Juveniles have from 7 to 19 rings. In species with the usual 20 segments, adult females have 31 pairs of legs, but in adult males, the eighth leg pair (the first leg pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kepolydesmus
''Kepolydesmus'' is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Nearctodesmidae Nearctodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are about 7 genera and 17 described species in Nearctodesmidae. Genera * '' Bistolodesmus'' Shelley, 1994 * '' Ergodesmus'' Chamberlin, 1949 * '' Har .... There are at least four described species in ''Kepolydesmus''. Species These four species belong to the genus ''Kepolydesmus'': * '' Kepolydesmus anderisus'' (Chamberlin, 1910) * '' Kepolydesmus hesperus'' Chamberlin, 1949 * '' Kepolydesmus mimus'' Chamberlin, 1947 * '' Kepolydesmus pungo'' Chamberlin, 1949 References Further reading * * Polydesmida Articles created by Qbugbot {{myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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