''Bollmania'' is a genus of

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 resu ...

s with around six species occurring from Central through East Asia, including Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and China. The genus was established by entomologist

Filippo Silvestri Filippo Silvestri (22 June 1873 – 10 June 1949) was an Italian entomologist. He specialised in world Protura, Thysanura, Diplura and Isoptera, but also worked on Hymenoptera, Myriapoda and Italian Diptera. He is also noted for describing an ...

in 1896, and is named in honor of

Charles Harvey Bollman Charles Harvey Bollman (1868–1889) was an American naturalist who published on fishes and myriapods, becoming known internationally for his work in a short career before dying at the age of 20, considered by David Starr Jordan one of the most ...

. ''Bollmania'' is the sole genus of the family Caspiopetalidae. Species and their distribution include: *''Bollmania beroni'' - China *''Bollmania gracilis'' - Iran *''Bollmania kohalana'' - Pakistan *''Bollmania nematogona'' - Iran *''Bollmania nodifrons'' - Tajikistan *''Bollmania oblonga'' - Tajikistan *''Bollmania serrata'' - Tajikistan

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Millipede genera Millipedes of Asia Callipodida {{Myriapoda-stub