Tingupidae

Tingupidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida.[1] Adult millipedes in this family have 28 or 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[2][3][4] There are 2 genera and 13 described species in Tingupidae.[5][6]

Tingupidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Superfamily: Brannerioidea
Family: Tingupidae
Loomis, 1966

Genera
  • Blancosoma Shear & Hubbard, 1998
  • Tingupa Chamberlin, 1910

References
  1. Shelley, Rowland M. "Millipedes". ag.tennessee.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  2. Shear, William A.; Shelley, Rowland M. (2007-01-18). "Tingupa tlingitorum, n. sp., a new milliped from Haines, Alaska, USA, with notes on the generic distribution and a revised key to species (Chordeumatida: Tingupidae)". Zootaxa. 1393 (1): 53–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1393.1.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. Shear, William A.; Hubbard, David A. Jr. (1998). "Cave millipeds of the United States. IV. A new genus and species from a high altitude cave in Colorado (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Tingupidae)" (PDF). Myriapodologica. 5 (8): 85–94.
  4. 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.
  5. "Tingupidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  6. "MilliBase - Tingupidae Loomis, 1966". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2022-03-03.

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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