Name
Polydesmida
polydesmid
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Habitat
Terrestrial, epigeal, among the litter
Feeding
saprophagous, phytophagous
Distribution
Polydesmids are distributed on all continents except Antarctica.
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Additional information
Two pairs of legs per segment, with gnathocyllarous, dorsoventrally flattened segments and with latero-tergal ridges, ventrally inserted legs.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Djursvoll, P. & Melic, A. (2015). Clase Diplopoda - Orden Polydesmida. Revista IDE@ - SEA, 28, 1-11. Accesible en: http://sea-entomologia.org/IDE@/revista_28.pdf
- Kime, R.D & Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European millipedes (Class Diplopoda). Volume 1. Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Calipodida, Polydesmida. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow and the European Invertebrate Survey, Leiden.
- Sierwald, P. & Bond, J.E. (2007). Current status of the Myriapod Class Diplopoda (Millipedes): Taxonomic diversity and phylogeny. Annual Review of Entomology 52: 401-420. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210
- Weary, B.P. & Will, K.W. (2020). The millipede-predation behavior of Promecognathus and exceptional cyanide tolerance in Promecognathus and Metrius (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 113. 473-480. DOI:10.1093/aesa/saaa023