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Synxenidae Silvestri 1923
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Family Synxenidae Silvestri, 1923
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.
Notes
Published as part of 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, pp. 251 in African Invertebrates 54 (1) on page 255
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- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFACFFBFFF93FF8C671FFF836053766B (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/6B95969B-485A-4E3F-9FBE-4F992A5F2DC5 (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Silvestri
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Polyxenida
- Family
- Synxenidae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Synxenidae Silvestri, 1923 sec. Vohland & Hamer, 2013
References
- CONDE, B. & NGUYEN DUY-JACQUEMIN, M. 2008. Classification actuelle des Diplopodes Penicillates (Myriapodes) avec nouvelles definitions des taxa. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 133 (4): 291 - 302.