Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species.[1][2] The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia.[3]
^Shear, W (2011). Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa: 159–164.
gomphodesmidae, family, millipedes, order, polydesmida, containing, around, genera, species, family, native, africa, occurs, primarily, savanna, habitat, open, canopy, grasslands, from, south, africa, north, senegal, ethiopia, tymbodesmus, falcatus, from, burk. Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida containing around 55 genera and 150 species 1 2 The family is native to Africa and occurs primarily in savanna habitat open canopy grasslands from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia 3 Gomphodesmidae Tymbodesmus falcatus from Burkina Faso Scientific classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Myriapoda Class Diplopoda Order Polydesmida Family GomphodesmidaeCook 1896 Synonyms Eurydesminae Attems 1898Genera editAenictogomphus Agrophogonus Antiphonus Astrodesmus Auliscodesmus Aulodesmus Brachytelopus Clastrotylus Diallagmogon Elaphogonus Emphysemastix Emplectomastix Endecaporus Erythranassa Euporogomphus Euryzonus Exaesiotylus Exochopyge Giryama Gomphodesmus Haplogomphodesmus Hapsidodesmus Harmodesmus Helictogomphus Ionidesmus Ithynteria Kilimagomphus Litogonopus Marptodesmus Masaigomphus Merodesmus Mitumbagomphus Molyrogomphus Mychodesmus Nematogomphus Neodesmus Ngurubates Ovoidesmus Pogoro Proagomphus Protastrodesmus Protyligmagon Scaptogonodesmus Schizogomphodesmus Sigmodesmus Sigodesmus Sphenodesmus Stenotyligma Streptelopus Tycodesmus Tymbodesmus Ulodesmus Uluguria Usambaranus Vaalogomphus VirungulaReferences edit Shear W 2011 Zhang Z Q ed Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais 1844 In Animal biodiversity an outline of higher level classification and survey of taxonomic richness PDF Zootaxa 159 164 Catalogue of Life 2014 checklist Geographic distribution of Millipede Families PDF Milli PEET Identification Tables The Field Museum Chicago Retrieved 9 November 2014 nbsp This myriapoda related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gomphodesmidae amp oldid 1014183912, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
