Howellaria

Howellaria
Howellaria infesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Tribe: Rhysodesmini
Genus: Howellaria
Hoffman, 1950

Howellaria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about two described species in Howellaria.[1][2][3]

Species

These two species belong to the genus Howellaria:

References

  1. ^ Means, Jackson C.; Hennen, Derek A.; Tanabe, Tsutomu; Marek, Paul E. (2021-03-01). "Phylogenetic systematics of the millipede family Xystodesmidae". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5 (2) 1: 1–26. doi:10.1093/isd/ixab003. hdl:10919/102616.
  2. ^ "Howellaria Hoffman, 1950". Millibase. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  3. ^ Hoffman, R. L. (1950). "Records and descriptions of diplopods from the southern Appalachians". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 66 (1): 11–33.
  4. ^ McAllister, Chris T.; Remsen, David (2024-03-19). "A New State Record for the Milliped, Howellaria infesta (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)". Entomological News. 131 (2). doi:10.3157/021.131.0201. ISSN 0013-872X.

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 2018-04-30.
  • Media related to Boraria at Wikimedia Commons
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