Gomphodesmidae

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:
Gomphodesmidae

Cook, 1896
Synonyms

Eurydesminae Attems, 1898

Genera
  • Aenictogomphus
  • 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
  • Virungula

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" (PDF). Zootaxa: 159–164.
  2. Catalogue of Life 2014 checklist
  3. "Geographic distribution of Millipede Families" (PDF). Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. Retrieved 9 November 2014.


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