Altajellidae

Altajellidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida.[1] This family has been renamed Kirkayakidae.[2] Adult millipedes in this family have 28 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last) rather than the 30 segments usually found in chordeumatidans.[3]

Altajellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Chordeumatida
Family: Altajellidae

Genera:[1][2]

  • Elongeuma Golovatch, 1982
  • Kirkayakus Özdikmen, 2008
  • Tarbagataya Golovatch & Wytwer, 2003
  • Teleckophoron Gulička, 1972

References

  1. "Altajellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. "MilliBase - Altajellidae Mikhaljova & Golovatch, 2001". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  3. Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017.
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