Family Eurymerodesmidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes)

Family Eurymerodesmidae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

once treated as part of Xystodesmidae (as Eurymerodesmini); revised in (1)

Explanation of Names

Eurymerodesmidae Causey 1951

Numbers

1 genus , ~30 spp.

Identification

Differs from Xystodesmidae and Chelodesmidae in several ways: (Causey, 1951)

mandibles with a tongue-like protuberance on the anterio-ventral margin of the basal portion;

unspined sternites, coxae, and prefemurs; male sternites setose, often with lobes;

keels narrow to moderately wide

male gonopod morphology

Similar to Xystodesmidae in having smooth dorsal tergites and keels (paranota) that are horizontal to slightly depressed, lacking serrations on lateral margin.

Range

Nebraska & central Illinois to southern Texas and eastward along the Gulf Coast to northern Florida (southward to Pasco Co.) and northward along the Atlantic Coast to southeastern North Carolina. (Rowland Shelley)

Print References

Causey N.B. (1951) On Eurymerodesmidae, a new family of Diplopoda (Strongylosomidea) and a new Arkansas species of Eurymerodesmus. Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci. 40: 69-71 (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the milliped family Eurimerodesmidae (Polydesmida: Chelodesmidea) Rowland M.Schelley. 1989. The American Entomological Society at The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

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