Oxidus Kosingai
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''Oxidus'' is a genus of
flat-backed millipede Polydesmida (from the Greek ''poly'' "many" and ''desmos'' "bond") is the largest order of millipedes, containing approximately 3,500 species, including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Description Members of the o ...
s in the family
Paradoxosomatidae Paradoxosomatidae, the only family in the suborder Paradoxosomatidea (also known as Strongylosomatidea), is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. Containing nearly 200 genera and 975 species , it is one of the largest fami ...
. There are about nine described species in ''Oxidus''.


Species

These nine species belong to the genus ''Oxidus'': * ''
Oxidus avia ''Oxidus'' is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae Paradoxosomatidae, the only family in the suborder Paradoxosomatidea (also known as Strongylosomatidea), is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydes ...
'' (Verhoeff, 1937) * ''
Oxidus circofera ''Oxidus'' is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae. There are about nine described species in ''Oxidus''. Species These nine species belong to the genus ''Oxidus'': * ''Oxidus avia ''Oxidus'' is a genus of flat-b ...
'' Verhoeff, 1931 * ''
Oxidus filarius ''Oxidus'' is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae. There are about nine described species in ''Oxidus''. Species These nine species belong to the genus ''Oxidus'': * ''Oxidus avia'' (Verhoeff, 1937) * ''Oxidus circ ...
'' Attems, 1932 * ''
Oxidus gigas ''Oxidus'' is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Paradoxosomatidae. There are about nine described species in ''Oxidus''. Species These nine species belong to the genus ''Oxidus'': * ''Oxidus avia'' (Verhoeff, 1937) * ''Oxidus circ ...
'' (Attems, 1953) * ''
Oxidus gracilis The greenhouse millipede (''Oxidus gracilis''), also known as the hothouse millipede, short-flange millipede, or garden millipede, is a species of millipede in the family Paradoxosomatidae that has been widely introduced around the world, and is ...
'' (Koch, 1847) (greenhouse millipede) * '' Oxidus kosingai'' Wang, 1958 * '' Oxidus obtusus'' (Takakuwa, 1942) * '' Oxidus riukiaria'' (Verhoeff, 1940) * '' Oxidus sontus'' (Chamberlin, 1910)


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External links

* Polydesmida Millipedes of North America {{myriapoda-stub