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Nannaria

Nannaria
Male N. wilsoni from Giles County, Virginia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Subfamily: Rhysodesminae
Genus: Nannaria
Chamberlin, 1918
Type species
Nannaria minor
Chamberlin, 1918
Synonyms
  • Mimuloria Chamberlin, 1928
  • Castanaria Causey, 1950

The genus Nannaria, commonly known as twisted-claw millipedes, is a genus of millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae first described by Ralph Chamberlin in 1918.[1] In 2022, entomologists Derek Hennen, Jackson Means and Paul Marek discovered and described 17 new species, which expanded the size of Nannaria to 78, making it the largest genus of Xystodesmidae.[2]

Species

These 78 species belong to the genus Nannaria:[2]

References

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 2018-04-25.