Metopidiotrichidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. These millipedes range from 4 mm to 17 mm in length. Adult millipedes in this family have 32 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last), not the 30 segments usually found in this order. Adult males in this family (e.g., ''Reginaterreuma monroei'', ''R. daviesae'', ''R. unicolor'', ''R. major'', and ''Neocambrisoma raveni'') often feature a reduced or vestigial leg pair 10 as part of the gonopod complex, in addition to the two leg pairs (pairs 8 and 9) typically modified into gonopods in this order. There are about 9 genera and at least 70 described species in Metopidiotrichidae.

Genera

These nine genera belong to the family Metopidiotrichidae: * '' Australeuma'' Golovatch, 1986 * '' Malayothrix'' Verhoeff, 1929 * '' Metopidiothrix'' Attems, 1907 * ''

Neocambrisoma ''Neocambrisoma'' is a genus of millipedes in the Family (biology), family Metopidiotrichidae. Millipedes in this genus are found in Tasmania and New South Wales in Australia. Like other genera in this family, this genus features 32 segments (cou ...

'' Mauriès, 1987 * '' Nesiothrix'' Shear & Mesibov, 1997 * '' Nipponothrix'' Shear & Tanabe, 1994 * '' Pocockia'' Silvestri, 1895 * '' Reginaterreuma'' Mauriès, 1987 * '' Schedotrigona'' Silvestri, 1903

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