Anthroleucosomatidae
Anthroleucosomatidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. These millipedes range from 3.5 mm to 28 mm in length. Adult millipedes in this family have 26, 28, 30, or 31 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the tel ...
. This genus includes millipedes found in Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, and Georgia. All five species in this genus have 31 segments in adults (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last). This genus is notable for including the only species in the
order
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Chordeumatida with 31 segments rather than the 30 segments usually observed in adults in this order.
Discovery and taxonomy
The Romanian zoologist Traian Ceuca first proposed ''Metamastigophorophyllon'' in 1976 as a
subgenus
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within the genus ''
Mastigophorophyllon
''Mastigophorophyllon'' is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Mastigophorophyllidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe.
Species:
* ''Mastigophorophyllon aberratum'' Ceuca, 1985
* ''Mastigophorophyllon alpivagum'' (Verhoef ...
'' in the family
Mastigophorophyllidae
Mastigophorophyllidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).
Genera
This family includes the followin ...
. Ceuca proposed this monotypic subgenus to contain the species ''Mastigophorophyllon giljarovi'', which was described by the Czech zoologist Jaroslav Lang in 1959 based on type material found near Krasnaya Polyana in Russia. Lang described this species as having 30 segments.
In 1982, the French
myriapodologist
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Societies
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