Pauropodidae is the most diverse family of pauropods, containing 27 genera and more than 800 species, as well as the only known fossil pauropod, Eopauropus.[1][2][3] This family has a subcosmopolitan distribution.[1] Pauropods in this family are generally whitish and feature a sternal antennal branch with one seta and one globulus (i.e., spheroid sense organ), setae on the head and tergites that are usually tapering or cylindrical, and a single anal plate.[4][1] Like most adult pauropods in the order Tetramerocerata,[5] most adults in this family have 9 pairs of legs, but adults in one genus, Cauvetauropus, have only 8 pairs of legs, and female adults in another genus, Decapauropus, have either 9 or 10 pairs of legs.[1] The first species found to include pauropods with more than 9 pairs of legs was D. cuenoti, first described with 10 pairs in 1931.[6]

Pauropodidae
An unidentified species under a microscope
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Pauropoda
Order: Tetramerocerata
Family: Pauropodidae
Lubbock, 1867

Genera edit

This family includes 814 species distributed among 27 genera:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Scheller, Ulf (2008). "A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)". International Journal of Myriapodology. 1 (1): 1–38. doi:10.1163/187525408X316730. ISSN 1875-2535.
  2. ^ Hua Guo; Hong-Ying Sun; Chang-Yuan Qian; Hong Shen; Kai-Ya Zhou (2010). "A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Pauropodinae (Myriapoda: Pauropoda: Pauropodidae) from China". Zoological Science. 27 (11): 895–899. doi:10.2108/zsj.27.895. PMID 21039130. S2CID 42544817.
  3. ^ a b "ITIS - Report: Pauropodidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  4. ^ Scheller, Ulf (2011). "Pauropoda". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1: 467–508. doi:10.1163/9789004188266_022.
  5. ^ Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
  6. ^ Snodgrass, R. E. (1952). Textbook of Arthropod Anatomy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. pp. 251, 253. ISBN 978-1-5017-4080-0. OCLC 1102791607.

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