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Arthrosphaerinae Jeekel 1974

  • 1. Lower Invertebrates, Museum Alexander Koenig ZFMK, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113 Bonn (Germany) twesener @ uni-bonn. de

Description

Subfamily ARTHROSPHAERINAE Jeekel, 1974

DIAGNOSIS. — Females with stridulatory organ (called washboard) consisting of sclerotized ribs on subanal plate and a sclerotized spot on posterior side of legs.

REMARK

Subfamily endemic to India, Sri Lanka and Madagascar.

Notes

Published as part of Wesener, Thomas & Wägele, Johann-Wolfgang, 2008, The giant pill-millipedes of Madagascar: revision of the genus Zoosphaerium (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida), pp. 5-85 in Zoosystema 30 (1) on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5391729

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Arthrosphaeridae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sphaerotheriida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Jeekel
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Arthrosphaerinae Jeekel, 1974 sec. Wesener & Wägele, 2008

References

  • JEEKEL C. A. W. 1974. - The group taxonomy and geography of the Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda). Symposium of the Zoological Society in London 32: 41 - 2.