Lourdesia

Lourdesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polydesmida
Family: Xystodesmidae
Genus: Lourdesia
Shelley, 1991

Lourdesia is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae.[1] Its sole species, Lourdesia minuscula, is around 12.2 mm long, making it one of the smallest species in the family.[2]

Species:[1]

  • Lourdesia minuscula Shelley, 1991[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lourdesia Shelley, 1991". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Shelley, Rowland M. (1991), "A fourth genus of small-bodied xystodesmid millipeds from the southeastern Coastal Plain (Polydesmida)", Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 244–247