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Polyxenidae Lucas, 1840

394553  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394553)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Myriapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Diplopoda (Class)
  6. Penicillata (Subclass)
  7. Polyxenida (Order)
  8. Polyxenoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Polyxenidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Ankistroxenus Attems, 1907
  2. Genus Apoxenus Chamberlin, 1947
  3. Genus Electroxenus Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy & Azar, 2004 †
  4. Subfamily Hypogexeninae Schubart, 1947
    1. Genus Hypogexenus Silvestri, 1903
  5. Genus Libanoxenus Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy & Azar, 2004 †
  6. Subfamily Macroxeninae Condé, 2008
    1. Genus Afraustraloxenodes Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 2003
    2. Genus Chilexenus Silvestri, 1948
    3. Genus Macroxenodes Silvestri, 1948
    4. Genus Macroxenus Brölemann, 1917
  7. Genus Mesoxenotus Silvestri, 1948
  8. Subfamily Monographinae Condé, 2008
    1. Genus Anopsxenus Condé & Jacquemin, 1963
    2. Genus Eudigraphis Silvestri, 1948
    3. Genus Mauritixenus Verhoeff, 1939
    4. Genus Miopsxenus Condé, 1951
    5. Genus Monographis Attems, 1907
    6. Genus Pauropsxenus Silvestri, 1948
    7. Genus Saroxenus Cook, 1896
    8. Genus Silvestrus Jones, 1937
    9. Genus Unixenus Jones, 1944
  9. Subfamily Polyxeninae Lucas, 1840
    1. Genus Polyxenus Latzel, 1884
    2. Genus Propolyxenus Silvestri, 1948
    3. Genus Typhloxenus Condé, 1955
  10. Genus Allographis Silvestri, 1948 accepted as Monographis Attems, 1907 (junior subjective synonym)
  11. Genus Japonixenus Ishii & Tamura, 1995 accepted as Polyxenus Latzel, 1884 (Invalidly proposed genus)
  12. Genus Monoxenus Jones, 1937 accepted as Unixenus Jones, 1944 (preoccupied by Monoxenus Kolbe, 1893, Coleoptera)
  13. Genus Pollyxenus Latreille, 1802 accepted as Polyxenus Latzel, 1884 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  14. Genus Silvestrius [sic] accepted as Silvestrus Jones, 1937 (misspelling)
  15. Genus Unixenis accepted as Unixenus Jones, 1944 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  16. Genus Polyxenella Rajulu, 1963 (uncertain)
marine, terrestrial
Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 518; note: as Pollyxenites [details] 
MilliBase (2024). Polyxenidae Lucas, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394553 on 2024-11-18
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2009-05-06 14:27:06Z
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Barber, A.D.
2016-10-14 11:28:01Z
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Sierwald, Petra

original description Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 518; note: as Pollyxenites [details] 

original description (of Pollyxenidae Lucas, 1840) Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. <em>P. Duménil, Paris.</em> 600 pp. + 46 plates (inclusive)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30739516
page(s): 518 [details] 

taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 447; note: Listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details] 

taxonomy source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 4; note: corrected family-group name as Polyxenidae Latzel, 1884, see Hoffman, 1980 [details] 

taxonomy source Hoffman, R. L. (1980). Classification of the Diplopoda. 1-237. Genève.
page(s): 54; note: as Polyxenidae Lucas, 1840 [details] 

taxonomy source I.C.Z.N. (1970). Opinion 905: <em>Polyxenus </em>Latreille [1802-1803]: Valdidation of Emendation from <em>Pollyxenus</em>. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 27: 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12224197
page(s): 6; note: placed Pollyxenites on the the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid family-group names with name number 448. [details] 

additional source Short, M. (2020). A new species of Macroxenus Brölemann, 1917 from Peru (Diplopoda: Polyxenida: Polyxenidae). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 29(4): 408-412., available online at https://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_29/AS_29_4_408_412 [details] 

additional source Condé, Bruno; Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique. (2008). Classification actuelle des diplopodes penicillates (Myriapodes) avec nouvelles definitions des taxa [Present classification of Diplopoda Penicillata (Myriapoda), with new definitions of taxa]. <em>Bulletin de la societe zoologique de France.</em> 133 (4): 291-302. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique. (2009). Revision of the genera of Polyxenidae bearing pseudoarticulated gnathochilarial sensilla (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Polyxenidae), with the description of two new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31 (4): 829-848. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Short, M.; Vahtera, V. (2017). Phylogenetic relationships of millipedes in the subclass Penicillata (Diplopoda) with a key to the genera. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 51(41-42): 2443-2461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1380241 [details] 

additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. (2003). A new genus of Penicillata from Southern Africa with pseudoarticulated sensilla on the palpi of the gnathochilarium (Diplopoda: Polyxenida: Polyxenidae). African Invertebrates, 44(1): 71-87. Pietermaritzburg [details] 

additional source Condé, B. (1996). Une approche des Diplopoda Penicillata de l'Amerique du Nord. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, N. S., 169: 127-135, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58835018 [details] 

additional source Condé, B.; Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. (1987). Le statut de Polyxenus ceylonicus Pocock et de Polyxenus poecilus Chamberlin (Diplopodes Penicillates). Revue d'Ecologie et de Biologie du Sol, 24(1): 99-107 [details] 

additional source Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. (1976). Etude de la variabilité des charactères de deux espèces du genre Polyxenus, P. lagurus (L.) et P. fasciculatus SAY (Diplopode, Pénicillate). Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 3e série, Zoologie, 249: 105-118, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57657544 [details] 

additional source Nguyen Duy - Jacquemin, M.; Uys, C.; Geoffroy, J.-J. (2011). Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 156: 85-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.156.2211 [details] 

additional source Kime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1 Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. <em>Fauna Europaea Evertebrata.</em> 3: 1-282; June 2011.
page(s): 20 [details] 
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