Phryssonotus Explained

Phryssonotus is a genus of bristle millipedes containing around nine extant 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] Adults in this genus have 17 pairs of legs, except for the species Phryssonotus brevicapensis, in which they have only 15 pairs of legs.

Species

• Phryssonotus brevicapensis
• Phryssonotus burmiticus
• Phryssonotus capensis
• Phryssonotus chilensis
• Phryssonotus cubanus
• Phryssonotus hystrix
• Phryssonotus novaehollandiae
• Phryssonotus orientalis
• Phryssonotus platycephalus
• †Phryssonotus burmiticus Cockerell 1917 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Phryssonotus hystrix Menge 1854 Baltic amber, Eocene

Notes and References

1. Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin. Monique. Uys. Charmaine. Geoffroy. Jean-Jacques. Two remarkable new species of Penicillata (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) from Table Mountain National Park (Cape Town, South Africa). ZooKeys. 2011. 156. 85–103. 10.3897/zookeys.156.2211. 22303097. 3253573. free.