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Family Siphonorhinidae

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)
Order Siphonophorida
Family Siphonorhinidae

Explanation of Names

Siphonorhinidae Cook 1895

Numbers

4 genera total(1)

Identification

Head pyriform to subtriangular; antennae distinctly elbowed between antennomeres 3 & 4, without sensory pits(2)

Works Cited

1.Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase
2.Myriapodologica Vol. 4 No. 4: The Millipede Order Siphonophorida in the United States and Northern Mexico
Rowland M. Shelley. 1996. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
Contributed by James Bailey on 11 April, 2018 - 2:22pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 September, 2021 - 9:36pm

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