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Family Andrognathidae

Millipedes - Brachycybe lecontii Orange Millipedes - Brachycybe Brachycybe lecontii -- Gathering_2008 - Brachycybe lecontii Millipedes - Brachycybe producta Brachycybe cluster - Brachycybe Gosodesmus sp. - Gosodesmus claremontus Millipede - Andrognathus corticarius Brachycybe lecontii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Platydesmida
Family Andrognathidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)(2)(3)
Explanation of Names
Andrognathidae Cope 1869
Numbers
5 genera in our area(4), 32 spp. in 12 genera total(5)
Range
se.US (Andrognathus and Brachycybe, in part) and Pacific states (WA‒CA)(4)
Habitat
under bark or beneath logs
Works Cited
1.Revision of the millipede family Andrognathidae in the Nearctic region (Diplopoda, Platydesmida)
Michael R. Gardner. 1975.
2.Cryptic diversity in Andrognathus corticarius Cope, 1869 and description of a new Andrognathus species from New Mexico ...
Patricia L. Shorter, Derek A. Hennen, Paul E. Marek. ZooKeys 786:19-41.
3.Phylogenetics of the millipede genus Brachycybe Wood, 1864 (Diplopoda: Platydesmida: Andrognathidae)...
Brewer M.S., Spruill C.L., Rao N.S., Bond J.E. 2012. Mol. Phylog. Evol. 64: 232‒242.
4.Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America
Richard L. Hoffman. 1999. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications.
5.Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification.
William Shear. 2011. Zootaxa, 3148, 159–164.