The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family
Xystodesmidae
Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes. Its members often have very small distributional areas, with many species only known from a single locality. They are found across the northern hemisphere, with peak diversity in the Appalachian Mountains, ...
first
described by
Ralph Chamberlin
Ralph Vary Chamberlin (January 3, 1879October 31, 1967) was an American biologist, ethnographer, and historian from Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a faculty member of the University of Utah for over 25 years, where he helped establish the School o ...
in 1918.
In 2022,
entomologists
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and described 17 new species, which expanded the size of ''Nannaria'' to 78, making it the largest genus of Xystodesmidae.
Species
These 78 species belong to the genus ''Nannaria'':
* ''
Nannaria acroteria''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria aenigma''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria alpina''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria ambulatrix''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria amicalola''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria antarctica''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria asta''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria austricola''
Hoffman, 1950
* ''
Nannaria blackmountainensis
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria bobmareki''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria botrydium''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria breweri''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria castanea
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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(McNeill, 1887)
* ''
Nannaria castra
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria caverna
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria cingulata
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria conservata
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Chamberlin, 1940
* ''
Nannaria cryomaia
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
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Nannaria cymontana
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria daptria
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a br ...
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Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria davidcauseyi
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Causey, 1950
* ''
Nannaria dilatata
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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(Hennen & Shelley, 2015)
* ''
Nannaria domestica''
Shelley, 1975
* ''
Nannaria equalis
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Chamberlin, 1949
* ''
Nannaria ericacea''
Hoffman, 1949
* ''
Nannaria filicata''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria fowleri''
Chamberlin, 1947
* ''
Nannaria fracta''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria fritzae''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria hardeni''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria hippopotamus''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria hokie''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria honeytreetrailensis''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria ignis''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria kassoni''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria komela''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria laminata''
Hoffman, 1949
* ''
Nannaria liriodendra''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria lithographa''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria lutra''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria marianae''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria mcelroyorum''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria minor''
Chamberlin, 1918
* ''
Nannaria missouriensis''
Chamberlin, 1928
* ''
Nannaria monsdomia''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria morrisoni''
Hoffman, 1948
* ''
Nannaria nessa''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria oblonga''
(Koch, 1847)
* ''
Nannaria ohionis''
Loomis & Hoffman, 1948
* ''
Nannaria orycta''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria paraptoma''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria paupertas''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria piccolia''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria rhododendra''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria rhysodesmoides''
(Hennen & Shelley, 2015)
* ''
Nannaria rutherfordensis''
Shelley, 1975
* ''
Nannaria scholastica''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria scutellaria''
Causey, 1942
* ''
Nannaria serpens''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria sheari''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria shenandoa''
Hoffman, 1949
* ''
Nannaria sigmoidea''
(Hennen & Shelley, 2015)
* ''
Nannaria simplex''
Hoffman, 1949
* ''
Nannaria solenas''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria spalax''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria spiralis''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria spruilli''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria stellapolis''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria stellaradix''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria suprema''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria swiftae
''Nannaria swiftae'', also known as the Swift twisted-claw millipede or Taylor Swift's millipede, is a species of millipede in the family Xystodesmidae. It is found only in the Appalachian mountains of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It was discover ...
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Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria tasskelsoae''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria tennesseensis''
(Bollman, 1888)
* ''
Nannaria tenuis''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria terricola''
(Williams & Hefner, 1928)
* ''
Nannaria tsuga''
Means, Hennen & Marek, 2021
* ''
Nannaria vellicata''
Hennen, Means & Marek, 2022
* ''
Nannaria wilsoni
The genus ''Nannaria'', commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918. In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and ...
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Hoffman, 1949
References
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