Millipedes of Africa

species of myriapod

Glomeris is a genus of pill millipedes that belongs to the family Glomeridae and order Glomerida. The genus Glomeris is the largest within the family Glomeridae, comprising about 100 species along with a few hundred subspecies, varieties, forms, or genetic aberrations. The genus is primarily distributed in Europe, but can also be found in the Canary Islands, North Africa, and North-western Anatolia.

species of myriapod

Sphaerotheriidae is a family of giant pill millipedes of the class Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in southern Africa.

species of myriapod

species of myriapod

Macellolophus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Xystodesmidae.

Ammodesmidae is a family of small millipedes endemic to Africa, containing seven species in two genera. Ammodesmids range from long with 18 or 19 body segments (including the telson) in both sexes, and are capable of rolling into a tight sphere.

Triaenostreptus is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, containing eight species: Triaenostreptus benedictus (Kraus, 1958) Triaenostreptus kruegeri (Attems, 1928) Triaenostreptus kymatorhabdus (Attems, 1914) Triaenostreptus lawrencei (Hoffman, 1971) Triaenostreptus lykophorus (Attems, 1934) Triaenostreptus robustus (Attems, 1935) Triaenostreptus tripartitus (Cook & Collins, 1893) Triaenostreptus unciger (Attems, 1928)

genus of myriapods

species of myriapod

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

Aulodesmus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Gomphodesmidae.

Doratogonus is a genus of millipedes in family Spirostreptidae. They are relatively large, at long, relatively common, and distributed across Southern Africa. Many of the species are listed on the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction.

Anastreptus is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, containing five species: Anastreptus andreini (Brölemann, 1903) Anastreptus entomotropis (Chamberlin, 1927) Anastreptus scalatus (Karsch, 1881) Anastreptus strongylotropis (Attems, 1914) Anastreptus unidentatus (Silvestri, 1897)

Calostreptus is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, containing three species: Calostreptus carinatus Attems, 1928 Calostreptus chelys Cook, 1896 Calostreptus cooki Kraus, 1958

Telodeinopus is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae, containing the following species: Telodeinopus aoutii (Demange, 1971) Telodeinopus assiniensis (Attems, 1914) Telodeinopus bibundinus (Attems, 1914) Telodeinopus canaliculatus (Porat, 1894) (was Telodeinopus eidmanni,Verhoeff, 1941) Telodeinopus chapini (Chamberlin, 1927) Telodeinopus exilis (Attems, 1934) Telodeinopus lanceolatus (Demange, 1965) Telodeinopus sicarius (Attems, 1935) Telodeinopus sulcatus (Voges, 1878) Telodeinopus variabilis (Cook & Collins, 1893) Telodeinopus villiersi (Demange, 1971)