Harpagophoridae

Harpagophoridae
Phyllogonostreptus spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Harpagophoridae
Attems, 1909
Subfamilies

Harpagophoridae is a family of round-backed millipedes of the order Spirostreptida. The family includes 269 species belonging to 55 genera,[1] distributed in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the East Indies, as well as a few Indian Oceanic islands. Two subfamilies are recognized.[2]

  1. ^ "Family Harpagophoridae". GBIF. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Revision of the Harpagophoridae (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) of southern Africa, including descriptions of five new species" (PDF). African Invertebrates. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

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