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Description
Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844; ENG: Millipedes Diversity: ~12.000 described species
(Containing group: Arthropoda > Myriapoda)
Site purpose and structure
This site is intended as a multi-authored global system and data repository for information about identification, classification and phylogeny of the Diplopoda. The initial focus is a bibliographic database of taxonomic works and catalog of names and types containing original description citations for scientific names, plus some subsequent nomenclatural or systematic works relevant to these names or the classification being used.
The yellow-spotted millipede, Harpaphe haydeniana Wood 1864
Photo by Eugene Zelenko. Image license: Creative Commons
What you can do
Send contributions, images, identification keys, links to personal or institutional research pages, news and announcements. Additions and corrections would be greatly appreciated, especially for the Bibliography and Catalog of Names and Types databases. Full citations for new or missing literature references and if available the complete articles in PDF format should be directed to
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