Opisthocheiridae Ribaut, 1913

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 129

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scientific name	Opisthocheiridae Ribaut, 1913
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Family Opisthocheiridae Ribaut, 1913 View in CoL

In addition to the 37 SW European species, this family includes Ceratosphys maroccana Mauriès, 1985 , from North Africa (see Mauriès 1985). Ceratosphys poculifer is one the few chordeumatidans which have been introduced to Macaronesia, in casu the Canary Islands.

References

Mauries J. - P. 1985. Polydesmide et Craspedosomides cavernicoles nouveaux de France et du Maroc (Myriapoda - Diplopoda). International Journal of Speleology 14: 51 - 62. https: // doi. org / 10.5038 / 1827 - 806 X. 14.1.6

Ribaut H. 1913. Biospeologica XXVIII Ascospermophora (Myriopodes) (Premiere Serie). Archives de Zoologie experimentale et generale 5 e Serie 10: 399 - 478.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Diplopoda
Order	Chordeumatida
Family	Opisthocheiridae

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