Pauropodidae Explained

Pauropodidae is the most diverse family of pauropods, containing 27 genera and more than 800 species.^[1] This family has a subcosmopolitan distribution. These pauropods usually live in the soil on mountains and hills. This family also includes the only known fossil pauropod (Eopauropus).^{[2] [3]}

Description

Pauropods in this family are generally whitish and small, less than 2 mm in length. These pauropods feature a sternal antennal branch with one seta and one globulus (i.e., spheroid sense organ), setae on the head and tergites that are usually tapering or cylindrical, and a single anal plate.^[4] Like most adult pauropods in the order Tetramerocerata,^[5] most adults in this family have 9 pairs of legs, but adults in one genus, Cauvetauropus, have only 8 pairs of legs, and female adults in another genus, Decapauropus, have either 9 or 10 pairs of legs. The first and last pairs of legs have five segments. In most genera, the remaining legs have six segments instead, but in some genera, all legs may have five segments.

Genera

This family includes 814 species distributed among 27 genera:

• Afrauropus Remy, 1959
• Allopauropus Silvestri, 1902
• Angkapauropus Scheller, 2011
• Ataktopauropus Scheller, 2012
• Cauvetauropus Remy, 1952
• Dasongius Sun & Guo, 2015
• Decapauropus Remy, 1931
• Desmopauropus Scheller, 2005
• Donzelotauropus Remy, 1957
• Eburnipauropus Scheller, 2008
• Ferepauropus Scheller, 2008
• Hemipauropus Silvestri, 1902
• Hystrichopauropus Remy, 1942
• Juxtapauropus Scheller, 2007
• Kionopauropus Scheller, 2009
• Monopauropus Remy, 1953
• Multipauropus Scheller, 1977
• Neopauropus Kishida, 1928
• Nesopauropus Scheller, 1997
• Pauropus Lubbock, 1867
• Perissopauropus Scheller, 1997
• Pounamupauropus Scheller, 2012
• Propepauropus Scheller, 1985
• Rabaudauropus Remy, 1953
• Scleropauropus Silvestri, 1902
• Stylopauropoides Remy, 1956
• Stylopauropus Cook, 1896

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITIS - Report: Pauropodidae . 2024-02-24 . www.itis.gov . en-US.
2. Scheller . Ulf . 2008 . A reclassification of the Pauropoda (Myriapoda) . International Journal of Myriapodology . en . 1 . 1 . 1–38 . 10.1163/187525408X316730 . 1875-2535 . free.
3. Hua Guo . Hong-Ying Sun . Chang-Yuan Qian . Hong Shen . Kai-Ya Zhou . 2010 . A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Pauropodinae (Myriapoda: Pauropoda: Pauropodidae) from China . . 27 . 11 . 895–899 . 10.2108/zsj.27.895. 21039130 . 42544817 .
4. Scheller . Ulf . 2011 . Pauropoda . Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1 . en . 467–508 . 10.1163/9789004188266_022.
5. Enghoff . Henrik . Dohle . Wolfgang . Blower . J. Gordon . 1993 . Anamorphosis in Millipedes (Diplopoda) — The Present State of Knowledge with Some Developmental and Phylogenetic Considerations . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 109 . 2 . 103–234. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00305.x .