''Phryssonotus'' is a genus of
bristle millipede
Polyxenida is an order of millipedes readily distinguished by a unique body plan consisting of a soft, non-calcified body ornamented with tufts of bristles – traits that have inspired the common names "bristly millipedes" or "pincushion millipe ...
s containing around nine extant species. Species are characterized by the possession of dark, rear-projecting scale-shaped bristles (trichomes) on the
tergite
A ''tergum'' (Latin for "the back"; plural ''terga'', associated adjective tergal) is the dorsal ('upper') portion of an arthropod segment other than the head. The anterior edge is called the 'base' and posterior edge is called the 'apex' or 'mar ...
s; all other bristles are long and hairlike.
Adults in this genus have 17 pairs of legs, except for the species ''Phryssonotus brevicapensis'', in which they have only 15 pairs of legs.
Species
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Phryssonotus brevicapensis
''Phryssonotus'' is a genus of bristle millipedes containing around nine extant species. Species are characterized by the possession of dark, rear-projecting scale-shaped bristles (trichomes) on the tergites; all other bristles are long and hairl ...
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Phryssonotus burmiticus''
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Phryssonotus capensis''
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Phryssonotus chilensis''
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Phryssonotus cubanus''
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Phryssonotus hystrix''
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Phryssonotus novaehollandiae''
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Phryssonotus orientalis''
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Phryssonotus platycephalus''
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Phryssonotus burmiticus''
Cockerell 1917 Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...
, Myanmar,
Cenomanian
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Phryssonotus hystrix''
Menge 1854 Baltic amber
The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than ...
, Eocene
References
Polyxenida
Myriapod genera
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
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