Boraria

Boraria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about seven described species in Boraria.[1][2][3][4]

Boraria
Boraria infesta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Tribe: Rhysodesmini
Genus: Boraria
Chamberlin, 1943

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Boraria:

References

  1. "Boraria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Boraria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  • Media related to Boraria at Wikimedia Commons


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