Pauropodidae Lubbock, 1868
Nomenclature
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Order: TetramerocerataSuperfamily: Pauropodoidea
SUMMARY
Diagnosis follows Scheller (2008: 5[1]; 2011: 498[2]):
Pauropodoidea with a fusiform-cylindrical and generally whitish body. Ventral antennal branch s with one globulus and one seta q; setae on head and tergites most often cylindrical or tapering. Dorsal side of head with one anterior unpaired seta and 4 transversal rows of setae. Tergites entire, insignificantly or weakly sclerotized, setae on tergites generally arranged in regular transversal rows, rarely modified. Adults with 8–10 pairs of legs; either first and last pair of legs 5-segmented, while remaining pairs 6-segmented, or all pairs 5-segmented; empodia each with a well-developed median claw and anterior and posterior appendages. One anal plate.
References
- , «A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda)», International Journal of Myriapodology, vol. 1, n.º 1, pp. 1-38, 2008.
- , «Pauropoda», in Treatise on Zoology-Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, vol. 1, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2011, pp. 467-508.
