Pachybolidae

Family of millipedes

Pachybolidae
Xenobolus carnifex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Spirobolida
Family:
Pachybolidae

Cook, 1897
Diversity
c. 49 genera, species
Synonyms
  • Atopochetidae Attems, 1953

Pachybolidae, is a family of round-backed millipedes of the order Spirobolida. The family includes 49 different genera.[1][2] Two subfamilies recognized.

Subfamilies

  • Pachybolinae
  • Spiromiminae

Genera

  • Alluviobolus
  • Aphistogoniulus
  • ?Atlanticobolus
  • Atopochetus
  • Aulacobolus
  • Brachyspirobolus
  • ?Bukobolus
  • ?Callipodolus
  • Caprobolus
  • Centrobolus
  • Colossobolus
  • Corallobolus
  • Crurifarcimen
  • ?Dactylobolus
  • Dekanbolus
  • ?Diaphoropus
  • Dichromatobolus
  • Epibolus
  • Epitrigoniulus
  • Erythroprosopon
  • Eucentrobolus
  • Flagellobolus
  • Gabolus
  • Granitobolus
  • Hadrobolus
  • Hyperbolus
  • Komphobolus
  • Litostrophus
  • Madabolus
  • Metiche
  • Microbolus
  • ?Microspirobolus
  • Mystalides
  • Neptunobolus
  • Ostinobolus
  • Pachybolus
  • Parabolus
  • Pelmatojulus
  • Pseudocentrobolus
  • Riotintobolus
  • Sanguinobolus
  • ?Spiromanes
  • Spiromimus
  • Stenobolus
  • Titsonobolus
  • Tonkinbolus
  • Trachelomegalus
  • Xenobolus
  • Zehntnerobolus

References

  1. ^ "Famaily Pachybolidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. ^ Wesener, Thomas (2020-10-12). "Dichromatobolus, a new genus of spirobolidan millipedes from Madagascar (Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (720): 107–120. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1119. ISSN 2118-9773.
  • East African giant millipedes of the tribe Pachybolini (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)
  • Revision of the millipede subfamily Spiromiminae, a Malagasy group with Indian connections? (Diplopoda Spirobolida Pachybolidae)
  • Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'fire millipedes' (Diplopoda).
Taxon identifiers
Pachybolidae