Chonaphini

Chonaphini is a tribe of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are about 6 genera and 19 described species in Chonaphini.[1][2][3]

Chonaphini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Xystodesmidae
Tribe:	Chonaphini Verhoeff, 1941

Genera

These six genera belong to the tribe Chonaphini:

• Chonaphe Cook, 1904
• Metaxycheir Buckett & Gardner, 1969
• Montaphe Chamberlin, 1949
• Selenocheir Shelley, 1994
• Semionellus Chamberlin, 1920
• Tubaphe Causey, 1954

References

1. "Chonaphini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Chonaphini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8. ISBN 9781884549120.
• Brewer, M. S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J. E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLOS ONE. 7 (5): e37240. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...737240B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. PMC 3352885. PMID 22615951.
• Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID 17163800.
• Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
• Minelli, Alessandro, ed. (2015). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. Brill. ISBN 978-9004156128.