Kirkayakidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. This family was formerly known as Altajellidae. Adult millipedes in this family have 28 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the

telson The telson () is the posterior-most division of the body of an arthropod. Depending on the definition, the telson is either considered to be the final segment of the arthropod body, or an additional division that is not a true segment on accou ...

as the last) rather than the 30 segments usually found in chordeumatidans.

Taxonomy

The family contains the following four genera: * '' Elongeuma'' Golovatch, 1982 * '' Kirkayakus'' Özdikmen, 2008 * '' Tarbagataya'' Golovatch & Wytwer, 2003 * '' Teleckophoron'' Gulička, 1972 This family was previously known as Altajellidae before genus ''Altajella'' was synonymised with ''Kirkayakus''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4296817 Chordeumatida