Heptium

Heptium is a genus of crested millipedes in the family Schizopetalidae. There are at least two described species in Heptium.[1][2]

Heptium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Callipodida
Family: Tynommatidae
Tribe: Colactidini
Genus: Heptium
Loomis, 1937

Species
  • Heptium carinellum Loomis, 1937
  • Heptium scamillatum Loomis, 1937

References
  1. "Browse Heptium". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  2. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-24.

Further reading
  • Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. 59. Pensoft.
  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
  • Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.


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