Branneria

Branneria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Chordeumatida
Family:	Branneriidae; Cook, 1896
Genus:	Branneria; Bollman, 1893
Species
	B. bonoculus Shear, 2003; B. carinata (Bollman, 1888)

Branneria is a genus of small millipedes in the order Chordeumatida comprising the family Branneriidae. Individuals reach about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. There are two species known, found in the southeastern USA: B. bonoculus is found in Arkansas and eastern Texas while B. carinata occurs from North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi.[1][2][3] B. bonoculus has 28 body segments while B. carinata has 26.[2]

References

Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1–553.
Shear, W. (2003). Branneria bonoculus, n. sp., a second species in the North American milliped family Branneriidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea). Zootaxa 233: 1-7
McAllister, Chris T.; Shear, William A.; Shelley, Rowland M. (2009). "Branneria bonoculus (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea): New to The Milliped Fauna of Texas". The Southwestern Naturalist. 54 (3): 350–351. doi:10.1894/JC-26.1.

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[1] Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 8, 1–553.

[Shear2003-2] Shear, W. (2003). Branneria bonoculus, n. sp., a second species in the North American milliped family Branneriidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea). Zootaxa 233: 1-7

[3] McAllister, Chris T.; Shear, William A.; Shelley, Rowland M. (2009). "Branneria bonoculus (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea): New to The Milliped Fauna of Texas". The Southwestern Naturalist. 54 (3): 350–351. doi:10.1894/JC-26.1.