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Spirostreptidae
Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following genera: *'' Aethiopistreptus'' *'' Alloporus'' *'' Alogostreptus'' *'' Anastreptus'' *'' Andineptus'' *'' Anethoporus'' *''Archispirostreptus'' *'' Attemsostreptus'' *'' Aulonopygus'' *'' Autostreptus'' *'' Bicoxidens'' *'' Brasilostreptus'' *'' Brevitibius'' *'' Bucinogonus'' *'' Caicarostreptus'' *'' Calathostreptus'' *'' Calostreptus'' *'' Camaricoproctus'' *'' Cearostreptus'' *'' Chamberlineptus'' *'' Charactopygus'' *'' Cladodeptus'' *'' Cladostreptus'' *'' Cochleostreptus'' *'' Cochliogonus'' *'' Collostreptus'' *'' Conchostreptus'' *'' Demangeptus'' *'' Diaporus'' *'' Dicyclostreptus'' *'' Eiphorus'' *'' Ellateptus'' *'' Epistreptus'' *'' Eumekius'' *'' Exallostreptus'' *'' Exospermastix'' *'' Exospermitius'' *'' Furcillogonus'' *'' Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirostreptus Seychellarum
''Spirostreptus'' is a genus of giant millipedes of the family Spirostreptidae Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following gene .... It contains the following species: * '' Spirostreptus abstemius'' Karsch, 1881 * '' Spirostreptus acicollis'' Porat * '' Spirostreptus aciculatus'' Pocock * '' Spirostreptus acutangulus'' (Brandt, 1841) * '' Spirostreptus acutanus'' Karsch, 1881 * '' Spirostreptus acutus'' Humbert & Saussure, 1870 * '' Spirostreptus adumbratus'' Porath, 1872 * '' Spirostreptus aequalis'' Porath, 1872 * '' Spirostreptus aguaytianus'' Chamberlin, 1941 * '' Spirostreptus alligans'' Karsch, 1881 * '' Spirostreptus alticinctus'' Karsch, 1881 * '' Spirostreptus amandus'' Attems, 1914 * '' Spirostreptus amictus'' Karsch, 1881 * '' Spirostreptus amphibolius'' Karsch, 1881 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamberlineptus
''Chamberlineptus morechalensis'', the sole species of the genus ''Chamberlineptus'' is a spirostreptid millipede from Venezuela. Individuals are around long and in diameter. ''C. morechalensis'' was described in 1954 by Nell B. Causey, described as similar to the spirostrpetid '' Andineptus'' in the structure of the gonopods (male reproductive appendages). However, J. M. Demange (1970) and Jean-Paul Mauriès (1975) considered both ''Chamberlineptus'' and ''Andineptus'' to be taxonomic synonyms, or at least subgenera, of ''Orthoporus ''Orthoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes, containing around 80 species, distributed from the southern United States to Brazil and Argentina. * '' Orthoporus absconsus'' Chamberlin, 1922 * '' Orthoporus acanthethus'' Chamberlin, 194 ...''. References Spirostreptida Millipedes of South America Invertebrates of Venezuela Monotypic arthropod genera {{Myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calostreptus
''Calostreptus'' is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following gene ..., containing three species: * '' Calostreptus carinatus'' Attems, 1928 * '' Calostreptus chelys'' Cook, 1896 * '' Calostreptus cooki'' Kraus, 1958 References Spirostreptida Millipedes of Africa {{myriapoda-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastreptus
''Anastreptus'' is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following gene ..., containing four species: * '' Anastreptus andreini'' (Brölemann, 1903) * '' Anastreptus entomotropis'' (Chamberlin, 1927) * '' Anastreptus scalatus'' (Karsch, 1881) * '' Anastreptus strongylotropis'' (Attems, 1914) References Spirostreptida Millipedes of Africa {{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] |
Alloporus
''Alloporus'' is a genus of giant millipedes that live in desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About on ...s. It contains the following species: * '' Alloporus americanus'' Silvestri, 1895 * '' Alloporus annulipes'' (Carl, 1917) * '' Alloporus bilobatus'' Schubart 1966 * '' Alloporus capricornis'' (Attems, 1928) * '' Alloporus carinulatus'' Attems, 1950 * '' Alloporus castaneus'' Attems, 1928 * '' Alloporus circulus'' Attems, 1914 * '' Alloporus dissimilis'' Porat, 1872 * '' Alloporus falcatus'' Attems 1928 * '' Alloporus fallax'' Attems 1934 * '' Alloporus furculifer'' Lawrence 1965 * '' Alloporus gilvitarsus'' (Attems, 1914) * '' Alloporus hamifer'' Attems 1950 * '' Alloporus impatulus'' Karsch 1881 * '' Alloporus intermedius'' (Attems, 1934) * '' Alloporus kindanus'' (A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anethoporus
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 1918. Species ''Anethoporus'' contains eight species, some previously assigned to other genera. *''Anethoporus clarki'' Chamberlin, 1918 - Trinidad and Tobago *''Anethoporus gracilior'' Chamberlin, 1918 - Trinidad and Tobago *''Anethoporus gracilis'' ( Verhoeff, 1941) - Peru *''Anethoporus guayrensis'' (Silvestri, 1896) - Venezuela *''Anethoporus leviceps'' (Attems The House of Attems (Attimis in Italian) is the name of an ancient and illustrious Friulian parliamentary family that held the titles of princes, counts and barons. The family, from the native castle of Attimis, branched off into Italy and Austri ..., 1950) - Venezuela *''Anethoporus ornatus'' (Verhoeff, 1941) - Venezuela *''Anethoporus schalleri'' (Kraus, 1960) - Peru *''Ane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archispirostreptus
''Archispirostreptus'' is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, containing 26 species: * '' Archispirostreptus arabs'' Pocock, 1876 * '' Archispirostreptus beccarii'' Silvestri, 1895 * '' Archispirostreptus boettegi'' Silvestri, 1895 * '' Archispirostreptus camerani'' Silvestri, 1895 * '' Archispirostreptus cayennophilus'' Silvestri, 1897 * '' Archispirostreptus cechii'' Silvestri, 1897 * '' Archispirostreptus compressicauda'' Silvestri, 1895 * '' Archispirostreptus conatus'' Attems, 1928 * '' Archispirostreptus curiosum'' Silvestri, 1895 * '' Archispirostreptus curiosus'' Silvestri, 1895 * '' Archispirostreptus divergens'' Krabbe & Enghoff, 1978 * '' Archispirostreptus dodsoni'' Pocock, 1899 * ''Archispirostreptus gigas ''Archispirostreptus gigas'', known as the giant African millipede or shongololo, is the largest extant species of millipede, growing up to in length, in circumference. It has approximately 256 legs, although the number of legs chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millipede
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a result of two single segments fused together. Most millipedes have very elongated cylindrical or flattened bodies with more than 20 segments, while pill millipedes are shorter and can roll into a tight ball. Although the name "millipede" derives from the Latin for "thousand feet", no species was known to have 1,000 or more until the discovery of ''Eumillipes persephone'', which can have over 1,300 legs. There are approximately 12,000 named species classified into 16 orders and around 140 families, making Diplopoda the largest class of myriapods, an arthropod group which also includes centipedes and other multi-legged creatures. Most millipedes are slow-moving detritivores, eating decaying leaves and other dead plant matter. Some eat fungi or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
