''Tachypodoiulus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
millipede
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a resu ...
s within the family
Julidae
Julidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida, containing more than 600 species in around 20 genera. Its members are largely confined to the Western Palaearctic, with only a few species extending into the Oriental and Afrotropical realms ...
, which contains two species.
Species
* ''
Tachypodoiulus albipes'' (Koch, C. L., 1838)
* ''
Tachypodoiulus niger
''Tachypodoiulus niger'', known variously as the white-legged snake millipede or the black millipede, is a European species of millipede. It is very similar to other species such as '' Cylindroiulus londinensis'', from which it can be reliably d ...
'' (Leach, 1814)
References
Millipede genera
Julida
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