Kashmireumatidae
Sign in to saveKashmireumatidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. This family includes eight species distributed among three genera. These millipedes are found in India, Nepal, China, and Vietnam.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassDiplopoda
- OrderChordeumatida
- FamilyKashmireumatidae
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Kashmireumatidae is a family of millipedes belonging to the order Chordeumatida. This family includes eight species distributed among three genera. These millipedes are found in India, Nepal, China, and Vietnam.
== Description == These millipedes have nearly cylindrical bodies and range from 5mm to 14mm in length. The adult males in this family feature simple posterior gonopods. Adult millipedes in this family have only 26 or 28 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last) rather than the 30 segments usually found in this order. In the species Vieteuma topali, adults have 26 segments, whereas in all other species in this family, adults have 28 segments.
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