Pyrgodesmidae

Pyrgodesmidae
A pyrgodesmid in Singapore
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Pyrgodesmidae
Silvestri, 1896

Pyrgodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. The family contains over 200 species distributed in tropics around the world.[1][2] Some species are found only in ant colonies, and are considered obligate myrmecophiles.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 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". Zootaxa: 159–164.
  2. ↑ "Geographic distribution of Millipede Families". Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Stoev, Pavel, & Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena (2005). "Myriapods from ant nests in Bulgaria (Chilopoda, Diplopoda)". Peckiana 4: 131–142.