Conotylidae

Conotylidae
Conotyla millipede, Oregon Caves National Monument
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Chordeumatida
Superfamily:	Conotyloidea
Family:	Conotylidae Cook, 1896

Conotylidae is a family of millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. Adult millipedes in this family have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[1][2] There are about 19 genera and at least 60 described species in Conotylidae.[3][4][5][6][7]

Genera

• Achemenides Shear, 1971
• Austrotyla Causey, 1961
• Bollmanella Chamberlin, 1941
• Brunsonia Loomis & Schmitt, 1971
• Conotyla Cook & Collins, 1895
• Cookella
• Corypus Loomis & Schmitt, 1971
• Crassotyla
• Endopus
• Idagona Buckett & Gardner, 1967
• Japanosoma
• Lophomus Loomis & Schmitt, 1971
• Macromastus Loomis & Schmitt, 1971
• Orthogmus
• Plumatyla Shear, 1972
• Taiyutyla Chamberlin, 1952
• Troglotyla
• Yasudatyla
• Zygotyla

References

1. Enghoff, Henrik; Dohle, Wolfgang; Blower, J. Gordon (1993). "Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (2): 103–234. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x.
2. 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. ISBN 9789004188273.
3. "Conotylidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
4. "Conotylidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
5. "Conotylidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
6. "Browse Conotylidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
7. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.

Further reading

• Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 59. Pensoft.
• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
• Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.