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Xystodesmidae

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Wamokia
Wamokia is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae.
Parcipromus
Parcipromus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae. The species of this genus are found in western North America.
Xystodesmidae
Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the suborder Leptodesmidea within the order Polydesmida (the "flat-backed" or "keeled" millipedes). The family Xystodesmidae was created by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1895 and named after the genus Xystodesmus. This family includes more than 390 known species distributed among 62 genera. Many species, however, remain undescribed: for example, it is estimated that the genus Nannaria contains over 200 species, but only 25 were described as of 2006. By 2022, 78 species in Nannaria have been described.
Macellolophus
Macellolophus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae.
Sigmocheir
Sigmocheir is a genus of millipede in family Xystodesmidae. The species of this genus are endemic to California where they are found in foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Individuals of the genus can be found from Placer County, south to the northern portion of Tulare County.
Anombrocheir
Anombrocheir is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae. The species of this genus are endemic to California where they are found in the inner Coastal mountain range of Colusa and Glenn counties.
Caralinda
Caralinda is a North American genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae. Its range extends from the coastal plain of southern South Carolina southwest to the Florida panhandle, with known occurrences in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. It is primarily winter-active.
Stenodesmus
genus of myriapods
Orophe
Orophe is a genus of Xystodesmid millipede found in the Rocky Mountains of northern Idaho and western Montana.
Chonaphe
Chonaphe is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae.
Orophe unicus
species of myriapod
Rudiloria kleinpeteri
species of myriapod
Devillea
genus of myriapods