Synxenidae Silvestri, 1923

Vohland, Katrin & Hamer, Michelle, 2013, A review of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Namibia, with identification keys and descriptions of two new genera and five new species, African Invertebrates 54 (1), pp. 251-251 : 255

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2305-2562

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917869

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scientific name

Synxenidae Silvestri, 1923
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Family Synxenidae Silvestri, 1923 View in CoL View at ENA

Diagnosis: Long, thin and dark trichomes, 17 pairs of legs, with last two pairs adapted for jumping, and 8–11 ocelli in each eye. Palps of gnathochilarium with well-developed lateral extensions ( Condé & Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2008).

Remarks: Only two genera have been described in the family, Condexenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 2006 and Phryssonotus Scudder, 1885 . The latter genus includes several fossil species from amber.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Polyxenida

Family

Synxenidae

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