Phryssonotus

Phryssonotus is a genus of bristle millipedes containing around nine species. Species are characterized by the possession of dark, rear-projecting scale-shaped bristles (trichomes) on the tergites, all other bristles are long and hairlike.[1]

Phryssonotus
Phryssonotus brevicapensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polyxenida
Family:
Synxenidae
Genus:
Phryssonotus

Scudder, 1885
Synonyms
  • Lophonotus Menge, 1854
  • Synxenus Silvestri, 1900
  • Kubanus Attems, 1926
  • Schindalmonotus Attems, 1926
  • Koubanus Attems, 1928

Species
  • Phryssonotus brevicapensis
  • Phryssonotus burmiticus
  • Phryssonotus capensis
  • Phryssonotus chilensis
  • Phryssonotus cubanus
  • Phryssonotus hystrix
  • Phryssonotus novaehollandiae
  • Phryssonotus orientalis
  • Phryssonotus platycephalus
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References
  1. Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique; Uys, Charmaine; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2011). "Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa)". ZooKeys. 156: 85–103. doi:10.3897/zookeys.156.2211. PMC 3253573. PMID 22303097.


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