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Spirostreptidae

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Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following genera:

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassDiplopoda
  4. OrderSpirostreptida
  5. FamilySpirostreptidae

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Specimen records
67
Family
Spirostreptidae
Collections
INECOL, UNM, LACM, PSUC, SAM, FMNH
Recorded in
Mexico, Madagascar, Peru, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Zambia, United States, Venezuela

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Spirostreptus seychellarum Großer Tausendfüßler.jpg
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Commons category
Spirostreptidae
taxon name
Spirostreptidae
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family
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Category:Spirostreptidae
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Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following genera: Analocostreptus Anastreptus Anethoporus Archispirostreptus Attemsostreptus Aulonopygus Autostreptus Bicoxidens Brasilostreptus Brevitibius Bucinogonus Calathostreptus Calostreptus Camaricoproctus Cearostreptus Chamberlineptus Charactopygus Choristostreptus Cladodeptus Cladostreptus Cochleostreptus Cochliogonus Collostreptus Conchostreptus Demangeptus Diaporus Dicyclostreptus Eiphorus Ellateptus Epistreptus Eumekius Exallostreptus Exospermastix Exospermitius Furcillogonus Globanus Gonepityche Graphidostreptus Guanabarastreptus Guanabarostreptus Guaporeptus Guviogonus Guyanostreptus Gymnostreptus Haplogonopus Helicogonus Helicosolenus Hemigymnostreptus Heteropyge Heterostreptus Humilistreptus Involverostreptus Ischiotrichus Isophyllostreptus Isoporostreptus Kartinikus Kochliogonopus Kochliogonus Krugerostreptus Lobogonus Lophogonus Lophostreptus Mardonius Mayastreptus Megagymnostreptus Megaskamma Metagonocoelius Metriostreptus Microtrullius Minasgonus Myostreptus Nanostreptus Nesostreptus Obelostreptus Odontostreptus Onychostreptus Ophistreptoides Ophistreptus Oreastreptus Orthogoneptus Orthoporoides Orthoporus Paulistostreptus Pemptoporus Perizonopus Perustreptus Phallorthus Plagiotaphrus Plusioporus Porostreptus Pseudogymnostreptus Pseudotibiozus Ptenogonostreptus Ptilostreptus Rhamphostreptus Rhapidostreptus Rhodesiostreptus Rondostreptus Rubanostreptus Rutabulogonus Sagmatostreptus Scaphiostreptus Sechelleptus Skytostreptus Sooretama Sphaeromerus Spirocyclistus Spiropoeus Spirostreptus Stenostreptus Streptolus Synophryostreptus Telodeinopus Telomicropus Termatodiscus Tibiozus Tomogonus Torynopus Trachystreptus Triaenostreptus Trichogonostreptus Tropitrachelus Tubostreptus Udzungwastreptus Urostreptus Urotropis Venezueneptus Vilcastreptus Zantekius

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