| Paracortinidae | |
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| Paracortina zhangi | |
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| Family: | Paracortinidae Wang & Zhang, 1993 |
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12 species in 2 genera, see text | |
Paracortinidae is a family of millipedes in the order Callipodida. It is currently made up of two genera and about 12 species; however, genetic studies are needed to properly determine the structure of the family. The members of the family are found across Vietnam and southern China.[1]
Genera
There are currently two genera in Paracortinidae:[1][2]
- Angulifemur Zhang, 1997
- Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993
References
- 1 2 Tian, Mingyi; Liu, Weixin (2015-08-13). "Two new cave-dwelling species of the millipede genus Paracortina Wang & Zhang, 1993 from southern China (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Paracortinidae)". ZooKeys (517): 123–140. doi:10.3897/zookeys.517.9949. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4547130. PMID 26312031.
- ↑ Stoev, Pavel; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2004). "Review of the millipede family Paracortinidae Wang & Zhang 1993 (Diplopoda: Callipodida)". Acta Arachnologica. 53 (2): 93–103. doi:10.2476/asjaa.53.93. ISSN 0001-5202.
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