Striariidae

Striariidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[1][2] There are at least 3 genera and about 13 described species in Striariidae.[3][4]

Striariidae
Striaria nazinta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Striarioidea
Family: Striariidae
Bollman, 1893

Genera

There are currently three recognized genera in the family Striariidae:[5][6]

  • Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941
  • Striaria Bollman, 1888
  • Vaferia Causey, 1958

References
  1. 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.
  2. Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. ISBN 9789004156128.
  3. "Striariidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. Shear, William A.; Krejca, Jean K. (2007-12-31). "Revalidation of the milliped genus Amplaria Chamberlin 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae), and description of two new species from caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California". doi:10.5281/ZENODO.177736. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. SHEAR, WILLIAM A. (2009-11-16). "Buotidae, a new family for the minute North American milliped Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)". Zootaxa. 2290 (1): 41–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2290.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. S2CID 4833397.

Further reading
  • Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 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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