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Pauropodidae
Pauropodidae is the most diverse family of pauropods, containing 27 genera and more than 800 species.[1][2] This family has a subcosmopolitan distribution.[1] These pauropods usually live in the soil on mountains and hills.[3] This family also includes the only known fossil pauropod (Eopauropus).[1][3] DescriptionPauropods in this family are generally whitish and small, less than 2 mm in length.[4][3] These pauropods feature a sternal antennal branch with one seta and one globulus (i.e., spheroid sense organ), setae on the head and tergites that are usually tapering or cylindrical, and a single anal plate.[4][1] Like most adult pauropods in the order Tetramerocerata,[5] most adults in this family have 9 pairs of legs, but adults in one genus, Cauvetauropus, have only 8 pairs of legs, and female adults in another genus, Decapauropus, have either 9 or 10 pairs of legs.[1] The first and last pairs of legs have five segments. In most genera, the remaining legs have six segments instead, but in some genera, all legs may have five segments.[4] GeneraThis family includes 814 species distributed among 27 genera:[2]
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