Gomphodesmidae

Family of millipedes

Gomphodesmidae

Tymbodesmus falcatus from Burkina Faso
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Gomphodesmidae Cook, 1896
Synonyms
Eurydesminae Attems, 1898

Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species.^[1]^[2] The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia.^[3]

Genera

Aenictogomphus
Agrophogonus
Antiphonus
Astrodesmus
Auliscodesmus
Aulodesmus
Brachytelopus
Clastrotylus
Diallagmogon
Elaphogonus
Emphysemastix
Emplectomastix
Endecaporus
Erythranassa
Euporogomphus
Euryzonus
Exaesiotylus
Exochopyge
Giryama
Gomphodesmus
Haplogomphodesmus
Hapsidodesmus
Harmodesmus
Helictogomphus
Ionidesmus
Ithynteria
Kilimagomphus
Litogonopus
Marptodesmus
Masaigomphus
Merodesmus
Mitumbagomphus
Molyrogomphus
Mychodesmus
Nematogomphus
Neodesmus
Ngurubates
Ovoidesmus
Pogoro
Proagomphus
Protastrodesmus
Protyligmagon
Scaptogonodesmus
Schizogomphodesmus
Sigmodesmus
Sigodesmus
Sphenodesmus
Stenotyligma
Streptelopus
Tycodesmus
Tymbodesmus
Ulodesmus
Uluguria
Usambaranus
Vaalogomphus
Virungula

References

^ Shear, W (2011). Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa: 159–164.
^ Catalogue of Life 2014 checklist
^ "Geographic distribution of Millipede Families" (PDF). Milli-PEET Identification Tables. The Field Museum, Chicago. Retrieved 9 November 2014.