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Gomphodesmidae
Sign in to saveGomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species. The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassDiplopoda
- OrderPolydesmida
- FamilyGomphodesmidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Gomphodesmidae
- Collections
- MCZ, VPI
- Recorded in
- Swaziland, Mozambique, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
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Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species. The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia.
==Genera== Aenictogomphus Agrophogonus Antiphonus Astrodesmus Auliscodesmus Aulodesmus Brachytelopus Clastrotylus Diallagmogon Elaphogonus Emphysemastix Emplectomastix Endecaporus Erythranassa Euporogomphus Euryzonus Exaesiotylus Exochopyge Giryama Gomphodesmus Haplogomphodesmus Hapsidodesmus Harmodesmus Helictogomphus Ionidesmus Ithynteria Kilimagomphus Litogonopus Marptodesmus Masaigomphus Merodesmus Mitumbagomphus Molyrogomphus Mychodesmus Nematogomphus Neodesmus Ngurubates Ovoidesmus Pogoro Proagomphus Protastrodesmus Protyligmagon Scaptogonodesmus Schizogomphodesmus Sigmodesmus Sigodesmus Sphenodesmus Stenotyligma Streptelopus Tycodesmus Tymbodesmus Ulodesmus Uluguria Usambaranus Vaalogomphus Virungula
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