Furcillaria

Furcillaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Genus: Furcillaria
Shelley, 1981

Furcillaria is listed a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae by several references.[1][2][3][4] In 2021, however, authorities deemed Furcillaria to be a junior synonym of Sigmoria.[5] Accordingly, other references reject Furcillaria as a valid genus.[6]

Species

The genus Furcillaria includes the following four species:[1]

  • Furcillaria aequalis Shelley, 1981
  • Furcillaria convoluta Shelley, 1981
  • Furcillaria laminata Shelley, 1981
  • Furcillaria thrinax (Shelley, 1982)

References

  1. ^ a b "Furcillaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Furcillaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Means, Jackson C; Hennen, Derek A; Tanabe, Tsutomu; Marek, Paul E (2021-03-01). Mikó, István (ed.). "Phylogenetic Systematics of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5 (2): 1–26 [23]. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab003. hdl:10919/102616. ISSN 2399-3421.
  5. ^ "MilliBase - Furcillaria Shelley, 1981". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 2025-11-05.

Further reading

  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-04.