Harpagophoridae

Harpagophoridae is a family of round-backed millipedes of the order Spirostreptida. The family includes 269 species belonging to 55 genera,[1] distributed in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the East Indies, as well as a few Indian Oceanic islands. Two subfamilies are recognized.[2]

Harpagophoridae
Phyllogonostreptus spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Spirostreptida
Family:
Harpagophoridae

Attems, 1909
Diversity
c. 55 genera, 269 species

Subfamilies
  • Harpagophorinae
  • Rhynchoproctinae

Genera
  • Agaricogonopus
  • Alienostreptus
  • Anurostreptus
  • Apoctenophora
  • Armatostreptus
  • Balustreptus
  • Cambodjostreptus
  • Carlogonus
  • Cercostreptus
  • Cornugonus
  • Ctenorangoon
  • Cystogonopus
  • Dametus
  • Drepanopus
  • Duplopisthus
  • Eremobelus
  • Fageostreptus
  • Falcigonopus
  • Gnomognathus
  • Gongylorrhus
  • Gonoplectus
  • Harpagophora
  • Harpagophorella
  • Harpurostreptus
  • Heptischius
  • Humbertostreptus
  • Indiothauma
  • Janardananeptus
  • Junceustreptus
  • Karschopisthus
  • Ktenostreptus
  • Lamellostreptus
  • Leiotelus
  • Leptostreptus
  • Organognathus
  • Philoporatia
  • Phyllogonostreptus
  • Picrogonopus
  • Poratophilus[3]
  • Prominulostreptus
  • Remulopygus
  • Rhynchoproctus
  • Sculptulistreptus
  • Spissustreptus[4]
  • Spoliatogonus
  • Stenurostreptus
  • Thaiogonus
  • Thyroglutus
  • Thyropisthus
  • Thyropygus
  • Trigonostreptus
  • Tuberogonus
  • Uriunceustreptus
  • Winklerostreptus
  • Zinophora[5]

References
  1. "Family Harpagophoridae". GBIF. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. "Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species" (PDF). African Invertebrates. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  3. "The distribution of southern African Harpagophoridae Attems, 1909 (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida)" (PDF). African Invertebrates. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  4. "A New Th yropygine Milliped from Sabah (Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)" (PDF). International Journal of Myriapodology. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. Redman, Guy T.; Hamer, Michelle L.; Slotow, Robert H.; Barraclough, David A. (2010). "Description of Two New Species of Zinophora Chamberlin, 1927 (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae), with Discussion of Species Groups in the Genus". African Invertebrates. KwaZulu-Natal Museum. 51 (2): 385–396. doi:10.5733/afin.051.0207.
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