Rhiscosomides
Genus of millipedes
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Rhiscosomides is a genus of small millipedes in the order Chordeumatida. The genus contains seven described species, and is the only genus in the family Rhiscosomididae.[1][2][3]
| Rhiscosomides | |
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| Rhiscosomides josephi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Chordeumatida |
| Family: | Rhiscosomididae |
| Genus: | Rhiscosomides Silvestri, 1909 |
Rhiscosomides millipedes are native to western North America.[4] Adult millipedes in this family are small, and have 30 segments (counting the collum as the first segment and the telson as the last).[5][6]
Species
- Rhiscosomides acovescor Shear, 1972
- Rhiscosomides benedictae Shear, 1973
- Rhiscosomides josephi Chamberlin, 1941
- Rhiscosomides malcomi Shear, 1973
- Rhiscosomides meineri Silvestri, 1909
- Rhiscosomides montereum Chamberlin, 1910
- Rhiscosomides trinitarium Shear, 1973
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