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Dalodesmidae

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Dalodesmidae
Tasmaniosoma armatum, Tasmania
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Dalodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing at least 250 species found in the Southern Hemisphere.

Distribution

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Species of Dalodesmidae are found in Australia (over 100 species), Madagascar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, South Africa, and southern South America (Chile and southern Brazil).[1]

Classification

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Dalodesmidae is one of the major families of the order Polydesmida, with at least 55 genera and 250 species[2] (with some estimates up to 340 species[1]). It is related to the small family Vaalogonopodidae (8 species) with which it forms the suborder Dalodesmidea.[2][3]

The taxonomy is based mainly on the structure of the male gonopods.[4] Below is the list of species as of January 2014.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Robert Mesibov (5 October 2013). "Classification of Polydesmida". External Anatomy of Polydesmida. polydesmida.info. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b William Shear. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844". In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness.—Zootaxa 3148:149—164.
  3. ^ H. Enghoff (1984). "Phylogeny of millipedes – a cladistic analysis". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 22: 8–26. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1984.tb00559.x.
  4. ^ Robert Mesibov (15 October 2005). "A new genus of millipede (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania with a pseudo-articulated gonopod telopodite" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1064 (1): 39–49. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1064.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q28939059.
  5. ^ "Dalodesmidae". Catalogue of Life: 2014. 20 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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