Accoding to Scheller (2008: 1)[1], the class Pauropoda comprises 2 orders, 9 families, 40 genera and about 780 species.
References
- , “A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)”, International Journal of Myriapodology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-38, 2008.
Diagnosis follows Scheller (2008: 1[1]; 2011: 467–468[2]):
Minuscule (0.3–2 mm), whitish to brownish Myriapoda. Head with one pair of antennae, one pair of temporal organs, and mouthparts consisting of one pair of mandibles and one pair of maxillae. Antennae with a 4- or 6-segmented stalk, distally biramous, with three flagella and a unique candelabra-shaped or globular sense organ. Adult trunk with 12 segments and a pygidium, trunk segments clearly visible ventrally. First trunk segment (collum) legless. Adults with 6–12 visible tergites with 5 pairs of long bothriotricha. Adults with 8–11 pairs of legs, each consisting of 5–6 articles. Progoneate, with genital apertures between the bases of the 2nd pair of legs. Pygidium cleft horizontally, with a unique structure represented by 1 or 2 anal plates or replacing appendages. Embryo developing first into a pupoid phase, followed by the first larval instar. Post-embryonic development with anamorphosis.
References
- , “A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)”, International Journal of Myriapodology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-38, 2008.
- , “Pauropoda”, in Treatise on Zoology-Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, vol. 1, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2011, pp. 467-508.
Cuba: Recorded for the first time by Díaz Azpiazu & Rodríguez Aragonés (1990)[1].
References
- , “Primer registro de paurópodos (Miriapoda: Pauropoda) en Cuba”, Revista Biología, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 83-85, 1990.
No greenhouse records are known from Germany (Decker et al., 2014: 3)[1].
References
- , “Millipedes and centipedes in German greenhouses (Myriapoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda)”, Biodiversity Data Journal, vol. 2, no. e1066, pp. 1-43, 2014.