Sigmoria Explained
Sigmoria is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Xystodesmidae. There are more than 40 described species in Sigmoria.
Species
These 45 species belong to the genus Sigmoria:
- Sigmoria aberrans Chamberlin (almond millipede)
- Sigmoria acuminata (Hoffman, 1956)
- Sigmoria ainsliei (Chamberlin, 1921)
- Sigmoria areolata Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria aspila Chamberlin
- Sigmoria australis Shelley, 1986
- Sigmoria austrimontis Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria bidens (Causey, 1942)
- Sigmoria brachygon Chamberlin, 1940
- Sigmoria brooksi Hoffman, 1956
- Sigmoria conclusa Chamberlin, 1939
- Sigmoria dactylifera Hoffman, 1956
- Sigmoria disjuncta Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria furcifera Hoffman, 1949
- Sigmoria inornata Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria kleinpeteri (Hoffman, 1949)
- Sigmoria laticurvosa Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria latior (Brölemann, 1900)
- Sigmoria macra (Chamberlin, 1939)
- Sigmoria mariona Chamberlin, 1939
- Sigmoria mimetica (Chamberlin, 1918)
- Sigmoria munda Chamberlin, 1939
- Sigmoria nantahalae Hoffman, 1958
- Sigmoria nigrescens Hoffman, 1950
- Sigmoria nigrimontis (Chamberlin, 1947)
- Sigmoria obscura Hoffman
- Sigmoria pendulosa Shelley, 1986
- Sigmoria planca
- Sigmoria plancus (Loomis, 1944)
- Sigmoria quadrata Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria rigida Shelley, 1986
- Sigmoria rubromarginata (Bollman, 1888)
- Sigmoria sigirioides Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria simplex Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria stenogon Chamberlin, 1942
- Sigmoria stenoloba Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria translineata Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria triangulata Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria trimaculata (Wood, 1864)
- Sigmoria truncata Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria tuberosa Shelley, 1981
- Sigmoria watauga Shelley, 1986
- Sigmoria whiteheadi Shelley, 1986
- Sigmoria wrighti (Hoffman, 1956)
- Sigmoria zyga Chamberlin, 1949
Further reading
- Book: Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. 1999. Hoffman . Richard L.. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8. 9781884549120.
- Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review. 2009. Golovatch . Sergei I.. Kime . R. Desmond. Soil Organisms. 81. 565–597.